Baltimore / Salisbury
Salisbury has 33,285 residents (give or take 48) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,410 people per square mile.
Salisbury is about 84 miles from the Census center point for Baltimore in a straight line and covers 13.812 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).
Median household income in Salisbury is $58,576 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2469925, 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.
38% of Salisbury homes are single-family detached, 13% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 35% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Salisbury homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 38% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Salisbury has 32 points fewer detached houses than Wicomico County overall (70%) and 20 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US24045, checked 2026-10-19).
With 73% of Salisbury homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 13,168 occupied homes in Salisbury, 24% heat with natural gas, 3% with heating oil, 68% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 68% of Salisbury homes, ahead of gas at 24%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Salisbury has 4 points less oil heat than Wicomico County as a whole, where 7% of homes burn oil, and 6 points more electric heat than the county's 62% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US24045, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Salisbury on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Salisbury has 14,658 housing units, 12% built before 1940 and 46% before 1980, with 33% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19).
Salisbury has 3 points more pre-1940 homes than Wicomico County as a whole (9%) and 5 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US24045, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Salisbury home was built in 1983 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2469925, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 18F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Wicomico County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 55 to 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 18F figure is the Wicomico County cold-day number a Salisbury 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 for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Salisbury home has 4.9 rooms and was built around 1983, 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 Salisbury. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Salisbury yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.