Wilmington / Camden
Camden has 4,106 residents (give or take 22) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,096 people per square mile.
Camden is about 44 miles from the Census center point for Wilmington in a straight line and covers 3.746 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 1,779 occupied homes in Camden, 74% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 26% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 74% of Camden against electricity at 26%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Camden has 10 points less oil heat than Kent County as a whole, where 10% of homes burn oil, and 8 points less electric heat than the county's 34% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US10001, checked 2026-10-19).
Camden has 1,924 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 28% before 1980, with 52% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19).
Camden has 12 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 40% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US10001, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Camden home was built in 2001 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19).
81% of Camden homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 2% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19).
With 81% detached houses and 6% in small multi-family buildings, a Camden quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 20% of Camden homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1010760, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Camden has 16 points more detached houses than Kent County overall (65%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US10001, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Camden housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1010760, 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 Camden 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 Camden is $63,267 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1010760, 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: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Kent 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 11F figure is the Kent County cold-day number a Camden heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 74% of Camden on gas and 26% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Camden home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 2001, 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 Camden. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Camden yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.