Seattle / Buckley
Buckley has 5,371 residents (give or take 18) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,391 people per square mile.
Buckley is about 35 miles from the Census center point for Seattle in a straight line and covers 3.86 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 1,841 occupied homes in Buckley, 64% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 36% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 64% of Buckley against electricity at 36%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Buckley has about the Pierce County oil share of 1% and 24 points less electric heat than the county's 60% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US53053, checked 2026-10-19).
Buckley has 1,970 housing units, 13% built before 1940 and 31% before 1980, with 43% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19).
Buckley has 3 points more pre-1940 homes than Pierce County as a whole (10%) and 14 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 29% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US53053, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Buckley home was built in 1995 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19).
85% of Buckley homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19).
With 85% detached houses and 9% in small multi-family buildings, a Buckley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 22% of Buckley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Buckley has 20 points more detached houses than Pierce County overall (65%) and 12 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US53053, checked 2026-10-19).
43% of Buckley housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5308570, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
No electric utility is on file for Buckley on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
PSE heat pump rebates (electric resistance to ASHP conversion), run by Puget Sound Energy, is a live program for Washington addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $2,400 per system (registry row 14 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.pse.com/en/rebates/heating/electric-resistance-to-air-source-heat-pump-conversion-rebate, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Buckley address before counting it. With 36% of Buckley homes already on electric heat and 64% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Seattle City Light heat pump instant discounts, run by Seattle City Light, is a live program for Washington addresses and lists a standard figure of $300 (registry row 47 verified 2026-10-16, https://seattle.gov/city-light/residential-services/home-energy-solutions/heating-and-cooling-your-home, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Buckley address before counting it.
Seattle Clean Heat Program (oil to heat pump), run by City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment, is a live program for Washington addresses and lists a standard figure of $2,000 (registry row 48 verified 2026-10-14, https://seattle.gov/environment/climate-change/buildings-and-energy/seattles-clean-heat-program, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Buckley address before counting it.
Median household income in Buckley is $124,583 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US5308570, 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: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pierce County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 133 to 135 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 24F figure is the Pierce County cold-day number a Buckley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 24F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 64% of Buckley on gas and 36% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Buckley home has 6.4 rooms and was built around 1995, 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 Buckley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Buckley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.