Portland / West Linn
West Linn has 26,935 residents (give or take 36) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,625 people per square mile.
West Linn is about 12 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 7.43 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).
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for West Linn that is 97068 (Census 2020 ZCTA to county subdivision and ZCTA to place relationship files, ZIP areas at least 20% inside the town, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt and https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_place20_natl.txt, checked 2026-10-19).
3,625 people per square mile puts West Linn in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 9,844 occupied homes in West Linn, 67% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 30% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 67% of West Linn against electricity at 30%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
West Linn has about the Clackamas County oil share of 1% and 16 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).
West Linn has 10,395 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 32% before 1980, with 21% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19).
West Linn has 5 points fewer 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 West Linn home was built in 1988 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19).
76% of West Linn homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 14% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19).
With 76% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a West Linn quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of West Linn homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4180150, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
West Linn has 9 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).
No electric utility is on file for West Linn 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 West Linn address before counting it. With 30% of West Linn 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 West Linn is $146,507 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4180150, 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 West Linn 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 67% of West Linn on gas and 30% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median West Linn home has 7.2 rooms and was built around 1988, 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 West Linn. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for West Linn yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.