Portland / Scappoose
Scappoose has 8,179 residents (give or take 26) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,380 people per square mile.
Scappoose is about 19 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 3.436 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).
Of the 3,176 occupied homes in Scappoose, 49% heat with natural gas, 5% with heating oil, 39% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 49% of Scappoose against electricity at 39%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Scappoose has 3 points more oil heat than Columbia County as a whole, where 2% of homes burn oil, and 14 points less electric heat than the county's 53% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US41009, checked 2026-10-19).
Scappoose has 3,244 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 42% before 1980, with 29% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19).
Scappoose has 7 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Columbia County as a whole (15%) and 7 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US41009, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Scappoose home was built in 1991 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19).
79% of Scappoose homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% detached houses and 10% in small multi-family buildings, a Scappoose quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 25% of Scappoose homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4165500, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Scappoose has 5 points more detached houses than Columbia County overall (74%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US41009, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Scappoose 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 Scappoose address before counting it. With 39% of Scappoose homes already on electric heat and 56% 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 Scappoose is $97,708 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4165500, 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), Columbia 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 Columbia County cold-day number a Scappoose 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 49% of Scappoose on gas and 39% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Scappoose home has 6 rooms and was built around 1991, 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 Scappoose. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Scappoose yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.