Boston / Kingston
Kingston has 14,027 residents (give or take 17) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2502333220, checked 2026-10-19), about 752 people per square mile.
Kingston is about 28 miles from the Census center point for Boston in a straight line and covers 18.644 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 Kingston that is 02364 (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 5,687 occupied homes in Kingston, 32% heat with natural gas, 45% with heating oil, 12% with electricity and 10% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2502333220, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Kingston at 45%, ahead of gas 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.
Kingston has 13 points more oil heat than Plymouth County as a whole, where 32% of homes burn oil, and the same 12% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US25023, checked 2026-10-19).
Kingston has 5,798 housing units, 14% built before 1940 and 47% before 1980, with 22% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2502333220, checked 2026-10-19).
Kingston has 7 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Plymouth County as a whole (21%) and 4 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US25023, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Kingston home was built in 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2502333220, 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=060XX00US2502333220, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Kingston homes are single-family detached, 7% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2502333220, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 7% in small multi-family buildings, a Kingston quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 19% of Kingston homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2502333220, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Kingston has 7 points more detached houses than Plymouth County overall (70%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US25023, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 22% of Kingston homes are new enough to pass the whole-home rebate's weatherization check on age, and 14% date from before 1940, so most of the other 78% show it with a home energy assessment before the heat pump goes in.
Eversource Energy lists Kingston 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 Kingston 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 Kingston is $119,876 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2502333220, 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: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Plymouth 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 9F figure is the Plymouth County cold-day number a Kingston heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 9F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 45% of the 5,687 occupied Kingston homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Kingston home has 6.4 rooms and was built around 1982, 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 Kingston. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Kingston yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.