Worcester / Hadley
Hadley has 5,306 residents (give or take 21) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19), about 230 people per square mile.
Hadley is about 39 miles from the Census center point for Worcester in a straight line and covers 23.09 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 Hadley that is 01035 (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).
Hadley is spread out at 230 people per square mile across 23.09 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 2,282 occupied homes in Hadley, 18% heat with natural gas, 45% with heating oil, 13% with electricity and 16% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Hadley at 45%, ahead of gas at 18%, 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.
Hadley has 15 points more oil heat than Hampshire County as a whole, where 30% of homes burn oil, and 8 points less electric heat than the county's 21% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US25015, checked 2026-10-19).
Hadley has 2,347 housing units, 24% built before 1940 and 63% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19).
Hadley has 3 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Hampshire County as a whole (27%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US25015, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Hadley home was built in 1971 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Hadley homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 12% in small multi-family buildings, a Hadley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 27% of Hadley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Hadley has 18 points more detached houses than Hampshire County overall (59%) and 10 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 16% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US25015, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 15% of Hadley homes are new enough to pass the whole-home rebate's weatherization check on age, and 24% date from before 1940, so most of the other 85% show it with a home energy assessment before the heat pump goes in.
Eversource Energy lists Hadley among the Massachusetts communities it serves for electricity (Eversource Energy communities we serve, https://www.eversource.com/residential/services/communities-we-serve, checked 2026-10-19).
For a Hadley address billed by Eversource Energy, the Mass Save whole-home heat pump rebate is $2,650 per ton up to $8,500, and the partial-home rebate is $1,125 per ton up to $8,500; for projects installed on or after January 1, 2027, the whole-home figure drops to $2,350 per ton capped at $7,500 (Mass Save air-source heat pump rebates, https://www.masssave.com/residential/rebates-offers-services/heating-and-cooling/heat-pumps/air-source-heat-pumps, checked 2026-10-19).
Median household income in Hadley is $119,259 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2501527690, checked 2026-10-19); Mass Save's enhanced heat pump incentives are income-based and decided household by household, so the town median only hints at how many neighbors qualify.
Heating design temperature: -3F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Hampshire County row, 99% heating, PDF page 56 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 -3F figure is the Hampshire County cold-day number a Hadley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -3F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 45% of the 2,282 occupied Hadley homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Hadley home has 6.3 rooms and was built around 1971, 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 Hadley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Hadley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.