Wilmington / Ocean View
Ocean View has 2,851 residents (give or take 18) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,027 people per square mile.
Ocean View is about 87 miles from the Census center point for Wilmington in a straight line and covers 2.777 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 Ocean View that is 19970 (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).
Of the 1,376 occupied homes in Ocean View, 25% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 45% with electricity and 26% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 45% of Ocean View homes, ahead of propane at 26%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Ocean View has 6 points less oil heat than Sussex County as a whole, where 7% of homes burn oil, and 8 points less 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).
Ocean View has 2,646 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 6% before 1980, with 79% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19).
Ocean View has 30 points more 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 Ocean View home was built in 2006 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19).
79% of Ocean View homes are single-family detached, 2% 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=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Ocean View quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 7% of Ocean View homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1053920, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Ocean View has 14 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 7% of Ocean View homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1053920, 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.
79% of Ocean View housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1053920, 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 Ocean View 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 Ocean View is $91,500 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1053920, 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 Ocean View 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 Ocean View home has 6.6 rooms and was built around 2006, 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 Ocean View. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ocean View yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.