Portland / Sandy
Sandy has 12,854 residents (give or take 45) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,480 people per square mile.
Sandy is about 21 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 3.694 square miles of land (Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and land area, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/, checked 2026-10-19).
3,480 people per square mile puts Sandy in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 4,499 occupied homes in Sandy, 66% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 29% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 66% of Sandy against electricity at 29%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Sandy has about the Clackamas County oil share of 1% and 17 points less electric heat than the county's 46% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US41005, checked 2026-10-19).
Sandy has 4,599 housing units, 6% built before 1940 and 19% before 1980, with 56% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19).
Sandy has 30 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 26% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US41005, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Sandy home was built in 2003 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Sandy homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 12% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19).
With 73% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Sandy quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 25% of Sandy homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Sandy has 6 points more detached houses than Clackamas County overall (67%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US41005, checked 2026-10-19).
56% of Sandy housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
No electric utility is on file for Sandy on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Energy Trust of Oregon heat pump incentives, run by Energy Trust of Oregon, is a live program for Oregon addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,000 per system (registry row 15 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.energytrust.org/incentives/residential-cooling-solutions/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Sandy address before counting it. With 29% of Sandy homes already on electric heat and 69% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Median household income in Sandy is $108,984 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4165250, checked 2026-10-19); many state and utility heat pump rebate programs set higher incentive tiers for income-qualifying households, so the household income on the application, not the town median, decides which level applies.
Heating design temperature: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Clackamas County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 100 to 102 of 141 (Revised 11/11/2020), https://www.energystar.gov/sites/default/files/Design%20Temperature%20Limit%20Reference%20Guide%20(2019%20Ed)%20-%20ENERGY%20STAR%20Single-Family%20New%20Homes_Rev11.pdf, fetched 2026-10-19, 99%.
That 24F figure is the Clackamas County cold-day number a Sandy heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 24F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 66% of Sandy on gas and 29% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Sandy home has 5.6 rooms and was built around 2003, and the count of heads and the tonnage follow the rooms and the insulation, not the square footage.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Sandy. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Sandy yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.