Wilmington / Bethany Beach
Bethany Beach has 905 residents (give or take 140) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19), about 788 people per square mile.
Bethany Beach is about 86 miles from the Census center point for Wilmington in a straight line and covers 1.148 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 461 occupied homes in Bethany Beach, 7% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 82% with electricity and 10% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 82% of Bethany Beach homes, ahead of propane at 10%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Bethany Beach has 7 points less oil heat than Sussex County as a whole, where 7% of homes burn oil, and 29 points more electric heat than the county's 53% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US10005, checked 2026-10-19).
Bethany Beach has 2,605 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 28% before 1980, with 25% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19).
Bethany Beach has 3 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Sussex County as a whole (4%) and 24 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 49% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US10005, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Bethany Beach home was built in 1987 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19).
72% of Bethany Beach homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 1% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19).
With 72% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Bethany Beach quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 6% of Bethany Beach homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Bethany Beach has 7 points more detached houses than Sussex County overall (65%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US10005, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 6% of Bethany Beach homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1005690, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
No electric utility is on file for Bethany Beach on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Bethany Beach is $117,159 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1005690, 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: 18F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Sussex County row, 99% heating, PDF page 17 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 18F figure is the Sussex County cold-day number a Bethany Beach heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 18F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bethany Beach home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1987, 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 Bethany Beach. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bethany Beach yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.