Oregon HVAC leads
Oregon owner homes divide almost evenly: 47.2% heat with utility gas and 41.4% with electricity in Census table B25117, 2020-2024, and 6.3% burn wood. HVAC is now onboarding at Summit Leads, so no HVAC leads are delivered in Oregon yet; buyers can join the HVAC list now.
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Oregon facts for HVAC lead buyers
| Fact | Value Source |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied homes heated by utility gas | 47.2% (513,776 of 1,087,983 owner-occupied units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25117)Table B25117, Tenure by House Heating Fuel: Oregon (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied homes heated by electricity | 41.4% (450,582 units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024)Table B25117, Tenure by House Heating Fuel: Oregon (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied homes heated by wood | 6.3% (69,042 units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024)Table B25117, Tenure by House Heating Fuel: Oregon (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied homes heated by bottled, tank or LP gas | 2.2% (24,195 units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024), the fourth lowest share of the 50 statesTable B25117, Tenure by House Heating Fuel: Oregon (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| All occupied homes heated by electricity | 53.5% of 1,718,422 occupied units, with utility gas at 37.2% (ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25040)Table B25040, House Heating Fuel: Oregon (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Heating degree days, 2025 | 4,841 (1991-2020 average 5,269)Climate at a Glance: Oregon heating degree days, January-December, 1895-2025 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |
| Cooling degree days, 2025 | 380 (1991-2020 average 232)Climate at a Glance: Oregon cooling degree days, January-December, 1895-2025 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |
| Owner-occupied housing units | 1,087,983 of 1,718,422 occupied units, with 630,439 renter households (ACS 5-year 2020-2024)Table B25003, Tenure: Oregon (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Restricted Energy Contractor (CRE) | BCD contractor license limited to heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) activities (OAR 918-282-0060; BCD, checked October 8, 2026)Business / Contractor licenses Oregon Building Codes Division |
| Limited Maintenance Specialty Contractor HVAC/R (LHR) | Maintain, service, repair or replace commercial and industrial electrical products that produce heat, refrigeration or air conditioning (OAR 918-282-0040; checked October 8, 2026)Business / Contractor licenses Oregon Building Codes Division |
| Oregon Heat Pump Purchase Program | $2,000 incentives; existing owner-occupied home funding fully reserved for Rounds 1 and 2, as of October 8, 2026Oregon Heat Pump Purchase Program Oregon Department of Energy |
| Oregon Rental Home Heat Pump Program | General program funding fully reserved and not accepting applications; Tribal rental housing funding still listed (ODOE, checked October 8, 2026)Oregon Rental Home Heat Pump Program Oregon Department of Energy |
| Home Energy Rebates (HOMES and HEAR) | No rebates available yet; contractor enrollment opens October 12, 2026 (ODOE, checked October 8, 2026)Home Energy Rebate Programs Oregon Department of Energy |
Last reviewed: October 8, 2026. A summary for education, not legal advice.
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How Oregon homes are heated
No single fuel dominates Oregon heating. In the Census Bureau’s table B25117 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024), utility gas heats 513,776 of the state’s 1,087,983 owner-occupied homes (47.2%) and electricity heats 450,582 (41.4%). Wood is a real third at 6.3%, or 69,042 owner homes, while propane is rare: its 2.2% share is the fourth lowest of the 50 states.
| Heating fuel | Owner-occupied homes | Share | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utility gas | 513,776 | 47.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25117 |
| Electricity | 450,582 | 41.4% | ACS 2020-2024, B25117 |
| Wood | 69,042 | 6.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25117 |
| Bottled, tank or LP gas | 24,195 | 2.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25117 |
| Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. | 16,399 | 1.5% | ACS 2020-2024, B25117 |
| Solar, coal, other fuels and no fuel | 13,989 | 1.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25117 |
The balance tips once renters are counted. Across all 1,718,422 occupied homes, table B25040 (2020-2024 ACS) puts electricity at 53.5% and utility gas at 37.2%, so electric heat is the majority for the housing stock as a whole even though gas leads among owners.
For an HVAC buyer the split is the point: a state where gas furnaces and electric systems each serve a large share of owners calls for crews that know both furnaces and electric systems such as heat pumps. These shares describe Oregon housing, not where requests come from.
Oregon heating and cooling degree days
Heating is the main load. NOAA’s Climate at a Glance heating series records 4,841 heating degree days for Oregon in 2025, against a 1991-2020 average of 5,269, so 2025 was milder than usual in winter.
Summer ran the other way. The cooling degree day series shows 380 for 2025, about 64% above the 1991-2020 average of 232. Cooling totals are still small next to the heating number, but the 2025 figure is well above the long-run level, which is relevant to buyers that install air conditioning or heat pumps.
Method note: NCEI compares each day’s mean temperature with a 65°F base; degrees below the base count as heating degree days and degrees above it as cooling degree days. The 2025 values are January-December totals for the statewide series, and the averages are the means of the 30 annual totals from 1991 through 2020.
Oregon HVAC contractor licensing
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 8, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
The Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) issues contractor licenses written around HVAC work. Its contractor license list includes two:
- Restricted Energy Contractor (CRE): limited to heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) activities, under OAR 918-282-0060. Limited energy work allowed under it follows the signing supervisor’s license limits.
- Limited Maintenance Specialty Contractor HVAC/R (LHR): allows a company to maintain, service, repair or replace commercial and industrial electrical products that use fuel or other energy to produce heat, power, refrigeration or air conditioning, under OAR 918-282-0040.
BCD also lists a combination license that joins plumbing, boiler and the LHR license (PBH, OAR 918-030-0910). The LHR scope is written in terms of electrical products, so these licenses concern the electrical side of the equipment. Technicians who handle refrigerant need federal certification under EPA Section 608 as well.
Oregon owners and renters for HVAC buyers
Homeowners make the call on a new furnace or heat pump. The Census Bureau’s table B25003 counts 1,087,983 owner-occupied homes and 630,439 renter households among 1,718,422 occupied Oregon homes in the 2020-2024 ACS. Rental housing has its own state heat pump program, described below, but the landlord is still the one who signs.
Housing age and the residential code are on Oregon window replacement leads and are not repeated here.
Oregon heat pump programs
The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) lists several heat pump and home energy programs. Their status as of October 8, 2026:
- Oregon Heat Pump Purchase Program: $2,000 heat pump incentives for homeowners, rental property owners and homes under construction, as of October 8, 2026. ODOE is accepting reservations and applications through approved contractors, but funding for existing owner-occupied homes is fully reserved for Rounds 1 and 2; rental and new construction funding is listed separately.
- Oregon Rental Home Heat Pump Program: general program funding is fully reserved and ODOE is not accepting applications; funding for rental housing occupied by members of federally recognized Tribes in Oregon is still listed as available.
- Community Heat Pump Deployment Program: created by SB 1536 (2022); regional administrators in 11 regions distribute incentives for heat pumps in owner-occupied homes.
- Home Energy Rebate Programs (HOMES and HEAR): no rebates are available yet; contractor enrollment opens on October 12, 2026, and contractors who want to offer the rebates must enroll.
Funding status changes often, so a buyer quoting heat pumps in Oregon should confirm on the ODOE pages before naming an incentive to a homeowner.
Oregon counties by owner-occupied homes
Oregon’s ten counties with the most owner-occupied homes, with the share of owner homes heated by utility gas and by electricity. Source: ACS 5-year 2020-2024, tables B25003 and B25117 by county. The table is about housing; it does not describe where leads come from.
| County | Owner-occupied homes | Heated by utility gas | Heated by electricity | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multnomah | 186,699 | 66.5% | 28.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Washington | 143,230 | 69.2% | 26.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Clackamas | 115,773 | 56.1% | 34.0% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Lane | 95,774 | 23.9% | 66.9% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Marion | 79,054 | 55.8% | 36.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Jackson | 60,693 | 41.1% | 46.0% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Deschutes | 59,437 | 44.5% | 41.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Douglas | 34,567 | 25.3% | 56.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Linn | 33,918 | 41.4% | 46.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
| Yamhill | 27,249 | 27.0% | 60.5% | ACS 2020-2024, B25003 and B25117 (county) |
The Portland-area counties lean gas, with Washington County at 69.2% and Multnomah at 66.5%, while Lane County, home to Eugene, is two-thirds electric at 66.9% in the county data (2020-2024 ACS). Deschutes has the most propane in the group at 3.7%.
Reading the Oregon numbers before setting coverage
Three points follow from the official data on this page:
- Two equipment markets in one state. Gas leads in the Portland-area counties and electricity leads in Lane, Douglas and Yamhill in the 2020-2024 ACS county data, so the system type behind a request depends heavily on the county.
- Summer is changing the cooling picture. The 380 cooling degree days of 2025 against an average of 232 in the NCEI series show a hotter year than usual, which matters for buyers that add air conditioning or heat pumps to homes that had none.
- State incentives are mostly reserved. ODOE lists owner-occupied funding in the Heat Pump Purchase Program as fully reserved and the federal rebates as not yet open, so buyers should not count on an incentive when quoting.
These points describe homes, weather and programs in Oregon. They say nothing about lead counts in any county or metro.
What Oregon HVAC buyers filter on
Oregon HVAC buyers filterFilterA rule that decides which leads a buyer is offered, based on fields such as vertical, sub-type, state, ZIP code, homeownership or accident details. Glossary on the same kinds of fields as other home services buyers. In Oregon, these tie back to the facts above:
- Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling. Heating dominates the year, but the 2025 cooling total gives cooling work more weight than the long-run average would suggest.
- Homeowner status: owners approve new systems; the owner count is in the housing section.
- Timeframe: whether the homeowner wants work now or later in the season.
- ZIP code: buyers choose ZIP codes their crews can reach, for example gas-heavy Portland suburbs or Lane County around Eugene, where electric heat leads.
When HVAC opens, Oregon buyers will set these filters per campaign, down to the ZIP code, as on Summit’s other home services leads. Once HVAC opens, HVAC leads will be exclusive by default, with shared delivery on request. The full field list is on the sample HVAC lead.
Where buyers filter in Oregon
An Oregon HVAC company usually works within one metro area and its outlying ZIP codes. These six metro areas have the most Oregon residents in the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 estimates; Portland crosses into Washington State, so its figure covers the whole metro area. Once HVAC opens, buyers will be able to set coverage on any ZIP code, inside these areas or outside them.
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA: 2,542,282 (July 1, 2025 estimate, whole metro area)
- Salem: 445,814 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Eugene-Springfield: 381,584 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Bend: 266,376 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Medford: 221,795 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Albany: 132,843 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
Source: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area population estimates, Vintage 2025 (cbsa-est2025-alldata), U.S. Census Bureau.
Consent records for Oregon HVAC leads
When HVAC opens, each Oregon HVAC lead will carry the TCPATCPAThe Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the federal law that governs telemarketing calls and texts, autodialers, prerecorded voice messages and the Do Not Call Registry. Glossary consent record captured on the form. Oregon adds its own telephone solicitation rules to the federal ones; they are summarized under Oregon in the state telemarketing laws table, and leads in Oregon gives the state view across MVA and home improvement.
Oregon HVAC lead questions
Is gas or electric heat more common in Oregon owner-occupied homes?
Gas, narrowly: 47.2% of owner-occupied homes use utility gas and 41.4% electricity in the Census Bureau’s ACS 5-year estimates for 2020-2024 (table B25117). Counting renters too, electricity leads at 53.5% of all occupied homes (table B25040).
How did Oregon’s 2025 cooling degree days compare with normal?
NOAA NCEI’s Climate at a Glance series shows 380 cooling degree days for Oregon in 2025, about 64% above the 1991-2020 average of 232. Heating degree days were 4,841, below their average of 5,269.
Which Oregon contractor license is limited to HVAC activities?
The Building Codes Division’s Restricted Energy Contractor (CRE) license is limited to heating, ventilating and air-conditioning activities under OAR 918-282-0060. BCD also issues a Limited Maintenance Specialty Contractor HVAC/R license. This is general information, not legal advice.
Which large Oregon county relies most on electric heat?
Lane County, where 66.9% of owner-occupied homes heat with electricity, the highest share among the ten Oregon counties with the most owner homes in the ACS 5-year 2020-2024 county data (table B25117).
Will Oregon HVAC buyers be able to pick individual ZIP codes?
Not yet: HVAC is now onboarding. When it opens, buyers will set filters down to the ZIP code, as on Summit’s other home services leads, and leads will be exclusive by default.
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