Pennsylvania HVAC leads

How Pennsylvania homes are heated

Pennsylvania heats with a wider spread of fuels than most states. Utility gas leads with 1,942,752 of 3,656,971 owner-occupied homes (53.1%) in table B25117 of the 2020-2024 ACS, but fuel oil and kerosene heat 624,291 owner homes, 17.1%, the ninth highest share in the country. Wood and coal together still heat about 140,000 owner homes.

Across every occupied home, owners and renters together, the B25040 table (2020-2024 ACS) gives utility gas 51.3% and electricity 25.3% of 5,274,853 units. Fuel type tells an HVAC buyer what is in the basement: an oil boiler or oil furnace needs a different technician and different replacement options than a gas furnace or a heat pump. The table describes installed heating, not the number of leads tied to any fuel.

Propane and electricity fill most of the remaining gap. Tank gas heats 218,283 owner homes (6.0%) and electricity 686,474 (18.8%) in the same B25117 estimates (2020-2024 ACS). At 18.8%, the electric share ranks 30th of the 50 states, so a buyer focused on heat pumps would mostly be quoting homes that heat with another fuel today.

Pennsylvania HVAC contractor rules

Pennsylvania’s statewide rule for home improvement contractors, and the agency that administers it, are described with their official source on leads in Pennsylvania, so this page does not restate them. A buyer that places requests with Pennsylvania HVAC contractors can read that summary before taking on a new contractor client.

One federal requirement applies everywhere: technicians who service or dispose of equipment containing refrigerant must hold certification under EPA Section 608. It applies to heat pumps and central air conditioners whatever fuel the home uses for heat.

Pennsylvania counties by owner-occupied homes

Fuel oil matters too much in Pennsylvania to leave out, so this table shows utility gas and fuel oil shares for the ten counties with the most owner-occupied homes, from the ACS 5-year 2020-2024 county tables B25003 and B25117. The figures describe housing only and say nothing about lead counts.

The two big cities are gas markets, Allegheny at 90.0% and Philadelphia at 80.2%, while the counties around Philadelphia and in the southeast lean on oil: Bucks at 27.4% and Berks at 26.3%, per the county data (2020-2024 ACS). Chester also stands out for propane, at 14.2% of owner homes, and Lancaster for electricity, at 29.4%.

West of the Susquehanna the pattern changes again. Westmoreland, next to Pittsburgh, is 68.5% gas with 13.5% oil, and Delaware County, southwest of Philadelphia, is 65.6% gas with 16.4% oil in the same ACS county estimates (2020-2024 ACS). Every county in the table has at least some oil heat, from 1.2% in Allegheny upward, so oil equipment turns up in every one of these counties, not only in the southeast.

What Pennsylvania HVAC buyers filter on

Pennsylvania HVAC buyers have the same 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 set as other home services buyers, and the data above gives each one a purpose here:

• Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling, including fuel conversions in oil-heated areas.
• Homeowner status: the 3,656,971 owners counted above make replacement decisions (ACS 2020-2024, B25117).
• Timeframe: a failed boiler in winter is urgent; a planned conversion can wait for the off-season.
• ZIP code: lets an oil specialist stay in the southeastern counties and a gas specialist stay in Allegheny or Philadelphia.

When HVAC opens, Pennsylvania 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 sample HVAC lead lists the fields.