Columbus / Worthington
Worthington is about 8 miles from the Census center point for Columbus in a straight line and covers 5.474 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).
Worthington has 14,938 residents (give or take 335) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,729 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Worthington that is 43085 (Census 2020 ZCTA to county subdivision and ZCTA to place relationship files, ZIP areas at least 20% inside the town, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt and https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_place20_natl.txt, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 6,143 occupied homes in Worthington, 81% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 18% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19).
Worthington has about the Franklin County oil share of 0% and 13 points less electric heat than the county's 31% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39049, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 81% of Worthington against electricity at 18%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
The median Worthington home was built in 1963 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19).
Worthington has 6,406 housing units, 6% built before 1940 and 83% before 1980, with 6% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19).
Worthington has 5 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Franklin County as a whole (11%) and 17 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US39049, checked 2026-10-19).
83% of Worthington homes were built before 1980 and only 6% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
79% of Worthington homes are single-family detached, 5% 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=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Worthington quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Worthington homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3986604, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Worthington has 27 points more detached houses than Franklin County overall (52%) and 17 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 26% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US39049, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Worthington 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 Worthington is $127,382 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3986604, 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), Franklin 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 Franklin County cold-day number a Worthington 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 81% of Worthington on gas and 18% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Worthington home has 7.2 rooms and was built around 1963, 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 Worthington. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Worthington yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.