Manchester / Lee
Lee has 4,576 residents (give or take 18) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19), about 229 people per square mile.
Lee is about 24 miles from the Census center point for Manchester in a straight line and covers 19.99 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 Lee that is 03861 (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).
Lee is spread out at 229 people per square mile across 19.99 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 1,616 occupied homes in Lee, 0% heat with natural gas, 60% with heating oil, 3% with electricity and 33% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Lee at 60%, ahead of propane at 33%, 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.
Lee has 17 points more oil heat than Strafford County as a whole, where 43% of homes burn oil, and 9 points less electric heat than the county's 12% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US33017, checked 2026-10-19).
Lee has 1,773 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 35% before 1980, with 32% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19).
Lee has 14 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Strafford County as a whole (19%) and 9 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US33017, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Lee home was built in 1987 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19).
79% of Lee homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Lee quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 4% of Lee homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3301741460, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Lee has 24 points more detached houses than Strafford County overall (55%) and 16 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US33017, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 4% of Lee homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3301741460, 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.
Eversource and New Hampshire Electric Cooperative each list Lee for electric service (New Hampshire Department of Energy, utilities by city and town, https://www.energy.nh.gov/utilities-providers/utilities-city-town, checked 2026-10-19); the bill decides the rebate path.
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 Lee address before counting it. With 3% of Lee homes already on electric heat and 93% 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 Lee is $131,579 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3301741460, 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), Strafford 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 Strafford County cold-day number a Lee 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 60% of the 1,616 occupied Lee homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Lee home has 6.4 rooms and was built around 1987, 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 Lee. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Lee yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.