Wilmington / Frankford
Frankford has 1,215 residents (give or take 451) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,047 people per square mile.
Frankford is about 85 miles from the Census center point for Wilmington in a straight line and covers 1.16 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 332 occupied homes in Frankford, 5% heat with natural gas, 4% with heating oil, 74% with electricity and 14% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 74% of Frankford homes, ahead of propane at 14%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Frankford has 3 points less oil heat than Sussex County as a whole, where 7% of homes burn oil, and 21 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).
Frankford has 389 housing units, 7% built before 1940 and 59% before 1980, with 25% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19).
Frankford has 3 points more 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). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Frankford home was built in 1977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Frankford homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 0% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 10% in small multi-family buildings, a Frankford quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 39% of Frankford homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1028310, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Frankford has 12 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).
No electric utility is on file for Frankford 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 Frankford is $77,206 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1028310, 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 Frankford 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 Frankford home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1977, 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 Frankford. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Frankford yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.