Manchester / Lincoln
Lincoln has 1,461 residents (give or take 295) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19), about 11 people per square mile.
Lincoln is about 77 miles from the Census center point for Manchester in a straight line and covers 130.456 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 Lincoln that is 03215, 03251 (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).
Median household income in Lincoln is $70,625 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3300941860, 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.
Lincoln is spread out at 11 people per square mile across 130.456 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.
24% of Lincoln homes are single-family detached, 13% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 21% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19).
28% of Lincoln homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 24% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Lincoln has 37 points fewer detached houses than Grafton County overall (61%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US33009, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 632 occupied homes in Lincoln, 7% heat with natural gas, 33% with heating oil, 23% with electricity and 32% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Lincoln at 33%, ahead of propane at 32%, 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.
Lincoln has 10 points less oil heat than Grafton County as a whole, where 43% of homes burn oil, and 12 points more electric heat than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US33009, checked 2026-10-19).
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative lists Lincoln 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 Lincoln address before counting it. With 23% of Lincoln homes already on electric heat and 72% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Lincoln has 2,765 housing units, 7% built before 1940 and 18% before 1980, with 23% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19).
Lincoln has 13 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Grafton County as a whole (20%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US33009, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Lincoln home was built in 1986 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3300941860, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: -18F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Grafton 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 -18F figure is the Grafton County cold-day number a Lincoln 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 what happens to the oil tank, since 33% of the 632 occupied Lincoln homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Lincoln home has 5.3 rooms and was built around 1986, 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 Lincoln. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Lincoln yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.