Stamford / Easton
Easton has 7,670 residents (give or take 31) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19), about 280 people per square mile.
Easton is about 18 miles from the Census center point for Stamford in a straight line and covers 27.423 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 Easton that is 06612 (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).
Easton is spread out at 280 people per square mile across 27.423 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 2,539 occupied homes in Easton, 17% heat with natural gas, 65% with heating oil, 5% with electricity and 13% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Easton at 65%, ahead of gas at 17%, so the usual job here is an oil boiler or furnace coming out and a cold-climate heat pump going in, with the oil tank removed.
Easton has 42 points more oil heat than Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole, where 23% of homes burn oil, and 9 points less electric heat than the county's 14% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US09120, checked 2026-10-19).
Easton has 2,606 housing units, 13% built before 1940 and 60% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19).
Easton has 11 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole (24%) and 4 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 8% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US09120, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Easton home was built in 1974 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 8.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19).
97% of Easton homes are single-family detached, 1% 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=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19).
With 97% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Easton quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 12% of Easton homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Easton has 44 points more detached houses than Greater Bridgeport Planning Region overall (53%) and 15 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US09120, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 12% of Easton homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0912023890, 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.
60% of Easton homes were built before 1980 and only 12% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0912023890, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
United Illuminating lists Easton among the Connecticut communities it serves for electricity (United Illuminating service area, https://www.uinet.com, checked 2026-10-19).
Energize CT residential heat pump rebate, run by Energize CT, is a live program for Connecticut addresses and publishes its terms without one headline figure (registry row 3 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.energizect.com/node/68091, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Easton address before counting it. With 5% of Easton homes already on electric heat and 95% 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 Easton is $222,604 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US0912023890, 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: 2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Fairfield 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; town filed under Fairfield County by Census Bureau, Connecticut county to county subdivision crosswalk (legacy county for each 2022 planning region town), https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.txt, fetched 2026-10-19, 99%.
That 2F figure is the Fairfield County cold-day number a Easton heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 2F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 65% of the 2,539 occupied Easton homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Easton home has 8.3 rooms and was built around 1974, 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 Easton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Easton yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.