Louisville / Newport
Newport has 13,967 residents (give or take 55) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19), about 5,064 people per square mile.
Newport is about 89 miles from the Census center point for Louisville in a straight line and covers 2.758 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 Newport that is 41071 (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).
5,064 people per square mile puts Newport in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 6,965 occupied homes in Newport, 57% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 41% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 57% of Newport against electricity at 41%, 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.
Newport has about the Campbell County oil share of 1% and 2 points less electric heat than the county's 43% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US21037, checked 2026-10-19).
Newport has 7,828 housing units, 46% built before 1940 and 74% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19).
Newport has 20 points more pre-1940 homes than Campbell County as a whole (26%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US21037, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Newport home was built in 1947 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19).
50% of Newport homes are single-family detached, 18% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 30% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Newport homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 50% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Newport has 14 points fewer detached houses than Campbell County overall (64%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US21037, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Newport homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
46% of Newport homes were built before 1940 and 74% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2155884, checked 2026-10-19), so insulation is the first sizing question: an older home leaks more heat per square foot, and the installer runs a room-by-room heat-loss calculation to size the system for what the walls and windows actually hold in, not just the floor plan.
Duke Energy Kentucky lists Newport among the Kentucky communities it serves for electricity (Duke Energy Kentucky electric tariff Sheet No. 10, communities served, https://www.duke-energy.com/-/media/pdfs/for-your-home/rates/electric-ky/sheet-no10-index-ky-elec.pdf, checked 2026-10-19).
Smart $aver Home Improvement Rebates: $500 usd_max (https://www.duke-energy.com/home/products/smart-saver/hvac-install?jur=KY01, checked 2026-10-25); confirm eligibility for the address.
Median household income in Newport is $60,853 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2155884, 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), Campbell County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 46 to 51 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 Campbell County cold-day number a Newport 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 57% of Newport on gas and 41% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Newport house from before 1940 (46% of the 7,828 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Newport. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Newport yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.