Manchester / Jaffrey
Jaffrey has 5,448 residents (give or take 20) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19), about 142 people per square mile.
Jaffrey is about 33 miles from the Census center point for Manchester in a straight line and covers 38.4 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 Jaffrey that is 03452 (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).
Jaffrey is spread out at 142 people per square mile across 38.4 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 2,112 occupied homes in Jaffrey, 1% heat with natural gas, 64% with heating oil, 3% with electricity and 10% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Jaffrey at 64%, ahead of propane at 10%, 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.
Jaffrey has 7 points more oil heat than Cheshire County as a whole, where 57% of homes burn oil, and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 10% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US33005, checked 2026-10-19).
Jaffrey has 2,444 housing units, 33% built before 1940 and 64% before 1980, with 11% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19).
Jaffrey has 6 points more pre-1940 homes than Cheshire County as a whole (27%) and 5 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 16% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US33005, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Jaffrey home was built in 1973 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19).
81% of Jaffrey homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19).
With 81% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Jaffrey quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 18% of Jaffrey homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Jaffrey has 12 points more detached houses than Cheshire County overall (69%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US33005, checked 2026-10-19).
33% of Jaffrey homes were built before 1940 and 64% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3300538500, checked 2026-10-19), so insulation is the first sizing question: an older home leaks more heat per square foot, and the installer runs a room-by-room heat-loss calculation to size the system for what the walls and windows actually hold in, not just the floor plan.
Eversource lists Jaffrey 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 Jaffrey address before counting it. With 3% of Jaffrey homes already on electric heat and 75% 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 Jaffrey is $92,330 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3300538500, 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: -4F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cheshire 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 -4F figure is the Cheshire County cold-day number a Jaffrey heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -4F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 64% of the 2,112 occupied Jaffrey homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Jaffrey house from before 1940 (33% of the 2,444 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Jaffrey. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Jaffrey yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.