Cincinnati / Canton

Heat pump installation in Canton, Stark County, OH

Canton in Stark County

Canton has 69,755 residents (give or take 48) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,630 people per square mile.

Canton is about 202 miles from the Census center point for Cincinnati in a straight line and covers 26.519 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 Canton that is 44702, 44703, 44704, 44705, 44707, 44709, 44710, 44714 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 29,302 occupied homes in Canton, 77% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 21% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 77% of Canton against electricity at 21%, 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.

Canton has 3 points less oil heat than Stark County as a whole, where 3% of homes burn oil, and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 16% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39151, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Canton has 33,836 housing units, 41% built before 1940 and 87% before 1980, with 6% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Canton home was built in 1947 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19).

69% of Canton homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 17% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19).

51% of Canton homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3912000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 69% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Canton on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 6F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Stark 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 6F figure is the Stark County cold-day number a Canton heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 6F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 77% of Canton on gas and 21% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Canton house from before 1940 (41% of the 33,836 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.

The form on this page is the follow-up for Canton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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