Boston / Provincetown
Provincetown has 3,703 residents (give or take 33) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19), about 383 people per square mile.
Provincetown is about 47 miles from the Census center point for Boston in a straight line and covers 9.67 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 Provincetown that is 02657 (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).
Median household income in Provincetown is $136,904 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2500155500, 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.
31% of Provincetown homes are single-family detached, 41% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 18% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19).
A two- or three-family building is the common Provincetown case at 41% of the stock against 31% detached houses, and each unit usually gets its own small outdoor unit and its own rebate account rather than one big system for the building. With 24% of Provincetown homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Provincetown has 51 points fewer detached houses than Barnstable County overall (82%) and 11 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 7% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US25001, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 2,067 occupied homes in Provincetown, 19% heat with natural gas, 21% with heating oil, 26% with electricity and 29% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19).
Propane leads in Provincetown at 29%, ahead of electricity at 26%, and a propane home is the clearest heat pump case on this door because delivered fuel is priced per gallon with no pipe to fall back on.
Provincetown has about the Barnstable County oil share of 19% and 13 points more 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).
Eversource Energy lists Provincetown 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 Provincetown 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).
Provincetown has 4,691 housing units, 41% built before 1940 and 65% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19).
Provincetown has 30 points more pre-1940 homes than Barnstable County as a whole (11%) and 6 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 13% (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 Provincetown home was built in 1961 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 3.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2500155500, checked 2026-10-19).
With 41% of homes built before 1940 and only 19% new enough to pass on age, the first question for a Provincetown house is insulation: the whole-home rebate wants proof the house is weatherized, and a no-cost home energy assessment is the usual way an older home shows it.
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 Provincetown 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 for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Provincetown house from before 1940 (41% of the 4,691 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Provincetown. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Provincetown yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.