Arlington / Clifton

Heat pump installation in Clifton, VA - rebates, sizing and local data

Clifton in Fairfax County

Clifton has 312 residents (give or take 157) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US5117376, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,273 people per square mile.

Clifton is about 17 miles from the Census center point for Arlington in a straight line and covers 0.245 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).

Housing stock

The median Clifton home was built in 1938 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US5117376, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 10 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US5117376, checked 2026-10-19).

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Clifton 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 Clifton is $232,500 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US5117376, 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.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 14F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Fairfax County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 127 to 133 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 14F figure is the Fairfax County cold-day number a Clifton heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 14F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Clifton home has 10 rooms and was built around 1938, 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 Clifton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Clifton yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

Where should the follow-up go?

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