Manchester / Bedford
Bedford is about 6 miles from the Census center point for Manchester in a straight line and covers 32.78 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).
Bedford has 23,746 residents (give or take 21) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19), about 724 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Bedford that is 03110 (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 8,176 occupied homes in Bedford, 21% heat with natural gas, 50% with heating oil, 8% with electricity and 18% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19).
Bedford has 21 points more oil heat than Hillsborough County as a whole, where 29% of homes burn oil, and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 12% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US33011, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Bedford at 50%, ahead of gas at 21%, 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.
The median Bedford home was built in 1990 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19).
Bedford has 8,387 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 30% before 1980, with 26% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19).
Bedford has 13 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Hillsborough County as a whole (18%) and 9 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US33011, checked 2026-10-19).
79% of Bedford homes are single-family detached, 1% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 15% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Bedford quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Bedford homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3301104500, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Bedford has 22 points more detached houses than Hillsborough County overall (57%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US33011, checked 2026-10-19).
Eversource lists Bedford among the New Hampshire communities it serves for electricity (New Hampshire Department of Energy, utilities by city and town, https://www.energy.nh.gov/utilities-providers/utilities-city-town, checked 2026-10-19).
NHSaves air source heat pump rebate, run by NHSaves (Eversource, Liberty, Unitil), is a live program for New Hampshire addresses and lists a standard figure of $250 (registry row 6 verified 2026-10-14, https://nhsaves.com/residential/electric-heating-cooling-equipment/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Bedford address before counting it. With 8% of Bedford homes already on electric heat and 89% 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 Bedford is $167,418 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3301104500, 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: 0F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Hillsborough County row, 99% heating, PDF page 81 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 0F figure is the Hillsborough County cold-day number a Bedford heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 0F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 50% of the 8,176 occupied Bedford homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bedford home has 7.7 rooms and was built around 1990, 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 Bedford. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bedford yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.