Boston / Bourne
Bourne has 20,323 residents (give or take 24) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19), about 500 people per square mile.
Bourne is about 48 miles from the Census center point for Boston in a straight line and covers 40.666 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 Bourne that is 02532, 02534, 02542, 02553, 02559, 02561, 02562 (Census 2020 ZCTA to county subdivision relationship file, ZIP areas at least 20% inside the town, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 8,902 occupied homes in Bourne, 62% heat with natural gas, 21% with heating oil, 11% with electricity and 5% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas leads in Bourne at 62%, but 26% of homes still burn delivered oil or propane, and those 2,315 or so homes are where a heat pump pays back fastest.
Bourne has about the Barnstable County oil share of 19% and 2 points less electric heat than the county's 13% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US25001, checked 2026-10-19).
Bourne has 11,747 housing units, 18% built before 1940 and 57% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19).
Bourne has 7 points more pre-1940 homes than Barnstable County as a whole (11%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US25001, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Bourne home was built in 1975 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19).
79% of Bourne homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 7% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Bourne quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 24% of Bourne homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2500107175, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Only 15% of Bourne homes are new enough to pass the whole-home rebate's weatherization check on age, and 18% 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 Bourne 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 Bourne 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 Bourne is $91,058 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2500107175, 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: 10F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Barnstable 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 10F figure is the Barnstable County cold-day number a Bourne heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 10F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 62% of Bourne on gas and 11% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bourne home has 5.9 rooms and was built around 1975, 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 Bourne. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bourne yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.