Columbus / Ostrander
Ostrander has 1,008 residents (give or take 257) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,075 people per square mile.
Ostrander is about 23 miles from the Census center point for Columbus in a straight line and covers 0.938 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).
Of the 291 occupied homes in Ostrander, 27% heat with natural gas, 5% with heating oil, 8% with electricity and 49% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19).
Propane leads in Ostrander at 49%, ahead of gas at 27%, 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.
Ostrander has 4 points more oil heat than Delaware County as a whole, where 1% of homes burn oil, and 16 points less electric heat than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39041, checked 2026-10-19).
Ostrander has 317 housing units, 16% built before 1940 and 30% before 1980, with 59% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19).
Ostrander has 9 points more pre-1940 homes than Delaware County as a whole (7%) and 9 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 50% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US39041, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Ostrander home was built in 2006 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19).
99% of Ostrander homes are single-family detached, 0% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 0% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19).
With 99% detached houses and 0% in small multi-family buildings, a Ostrander quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 3% of Ostrander homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Ostrander has 25 points more detached houses than Delaware County overall (74%) and 12 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 12% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US39041, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 3% of Ostrander homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
59% of Ostrander housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3958940, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
No electric utility is on file for Ostrander on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Ostrander is $159,375 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3958940, 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.
Heating design temperature: 5F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Delaware County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 94 to 97 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 5F figure is the Delaware County cold-day number a Ostrander heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 5F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Ostrander home has 7.8 rooms and was built around 2006, 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 Ostrander. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ostrander yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.