Cincinnati / Bethel
Bethel has 2,658 residents (give or take 31) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,852 people per square mile.
Bethel is about 26 miles from the Census center point for Cincinnati in a straight line and covers 1.435 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 1,134 occupied homes in Bethel, 48% heat with natural gas, 2% with heating oil, 49% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 49% of Bethel homes, ahead of gas at 48%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Bethel has about the Clermont County oil share of 4% and the same 49% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39025, checked 2026-10-19).
Bethel has 1,263 housing units, 27% built before 1940 and 68% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Bethel home was built in 1958 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19).
64% of Bethel homes are single-family detached, 13% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 22% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Bethel homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3906068, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 64% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
No electric utility is on file for Bethel 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), Clermont 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 Clermont County cold-day number a Bethel 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 Bethel home has 5.2 rooms and was built around 1958, 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 Bethel. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bethel yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.