Cincinnati / Aurora
Aurora has 17,581 residents (give or take 23) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19), about 767 people per square mile.
Aurora is about 224 miles from the Census center point for Cincinnati in a straight line and covers 22.914 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 Aurora that is 44202 (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 6,957 occupied homes in Aurora, 89% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 9% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 89% of Aurora against electricity at 9%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas boiler stays for the deepest cold, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Aurora has 5 points less oil heat than Portage County as a whole, where 6% of homes burn oil, and 13 points less electric heat than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39133, checked 2026-10-19).
Aurora has 7,400 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 38% before 1980, with 26% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Aurora home was built in 1989 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Aurora homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Aurora quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Aurora homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3903086, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Aurora on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 5F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Portage 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 Portage County cold-day number a Aurora 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 89% of Aurora on gas and 9% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Aurora home has 7.3 rooms and was built around 1989, 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 Aurora. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Aurora yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.