EIA State Energy Offices survey · Residential No. 2 heating oil and propane, monthly averages of weekly prices, United States and regions
What do households pay for heating oil and propane in the US?
The month ended : of the 14 lines, the change over a year was largest for Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A), up 37.9%, and smallest for Propane, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4), down 6.2%.
Heating oil and propane prices for households, heating oil, each month
- Heating oil5.1262.120 to 5.565
- Heating oil, East Coast (PADD 1)5.1642.125 to 5.585
- Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A)5.1492.047 to 5.515
- Heating oil, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)5.2082.193 to 5.667
- Heating oil, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)4.6402.052 to 5.338
- Heating oil, Midwest (PADD 2)4.2851.822 to 5.148
Heating oil and propane prices for households, propane, each month
- Propane2.6681.785 to 2.993
- Propane, East Coast (PADD 1)3.5722.519 to 3.729
- Propane, New England (PADD 1A)3.7272.660 to 3.964
- Propane, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)3.5212.370 to 3.598
- Propane, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)3.4922.559 to 3.658
- Propane, Midwest (PADD 2)2.1881.391 to 2.604
- Propane, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)2.9242.000 to 3.135
- Propane, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)2.2701.520 to 2.710
Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one month to a point, on a scale shared by the rows of the tab, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
Observed .
Right now
Over a year to March 2026, of the 14 lines on this page the change was largest for Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A), up 37.9%, and smallest for Propane, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4), down 6.2%.
Of these lines, 7 rose, 7 fell and 0 did not change over the year (ours, from the published values).
By lineOver a year, ours
Heating oil and propane prices for households, change over a year, by line
- Heating oil
- Propane
Each bar is the change in one line over a year, the largest first, with its rank at the left and its newest value under the figure. A line with its own page links it from its name. A change below zero runs to the left of the zero line. The colour says which section of the page a line is in.
Observed .
Heating oil and propane prices for households, change over a year in each month
| Line | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heating oil | – | – | – | – | – | – | +1.8 | +6.9 | +4.7 | −3.5 | +3.9 | +37.1 |
| Heating oil, East Coast (PADD 1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +1.8 | +6.8 | +4.8 | −3.5 | +4.1 | +37.4 |
| Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +0.8 | +6.0 | +3.9 | −4.3 | +3.3 | +37.9 |
| Heating oil, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +2.8 | +7.7 | +5.6 | −2.9 | +5.2 | +37.2 |
| Heating oil, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +0.9 | +3.7 | +4.6 | −1.7 | −2.8 | +30.0 |
| Heating oil, Midwest (PADD 2) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +0.9 | +9.5 | +2.0 | −3.7 | +0.4 | +31.1 |
| Propane | – | – | – | – | – | – | +0.3 | −0.7 | +0.3 | −3.8 | −3.3 | −1.7 |
| Propane, East Coast (PADD 1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +1.2 | −0.2 | +0.5 | −3.3 | −3.6 | −1.0 |
| Propane, New England (PADD 1A) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +0.4 | −2.0 | −0.6 | −4.4 | −5.3 | −2.3 |
| Propane, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +2.8 | +1.8 | +1.8 | −2.6 | −2.5 | +0.8 |
| Propane, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +0.2 | −0.8 | +0.2 | −2.9 | −3.0 | −1.7 |
| Propane, Midwest (PADD 2) | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.3 | −0.7 | +1.0 | −3.6 | −1.9 | −1.2 |
| Propane, Gulf Coast (PADD 3) | – | – | – | – | – | – | +3.0 | +1.8 | +1.0 | −2.7 | −3.5 | −2.4 |
| Propane, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.1 | −2.9 | −2.3 | −4.9 | −7.0 | −6.2 |
Each chip is one month's change from the same month a year earlier. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 7.0 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign. A dash is a month with no figure.
Observed .
Understanding heating fuel prices
Where it stands today
The largest change over a year was Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A), up 37.9%, in March 2026.
What do the lines of this page measure?
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy publishes the price that households pay for No. 2 heating oil and for propane delivered to their homes, from data that State Energy Offices collect, every week of the heating season from October to March. Each price is for a gallon, in dollars, without taxes.
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This page shows the United States and the regions EIA calls Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD): the East Coast (PADD 1) and its three parts, New England (PADD 1A), Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) and Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), and the Midwest (PADD 2), and for propane also the Gulf Coast (PADD 3) and the Rocky Mountain region (PADD 4).
What 500metrics adds: the average of the weekly prices of each month; the change over a year of every line, ranked across the page; the last ten years of every line as rows of small charts; and a table of the change over a year in each of the last twelve months. Lines with a link have a page of their own with the history since the series begins.
The numbers behind the chart
What is the latest value of each line?14 lines, in the sections of the page
| Line | Section | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heating oil | Heating oil | $5.126 | +37.1% | 4 | |
| Heating oil, East Coast (PADD 1) | Heating oil | $5.164 | +37.4% | 2 | |
| Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A) | Heating oil | $5.149 | +37.9% | 1 | |
| Heating oil, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | Heating oil | $5.208 | +37.2% | 3 | |
| Heating oil, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | Heating oil | $4.640 | +30.0% | 6 | |
| Heating oil, Midwest (PADD 2) | Heating oil | $4.285 | +31.1% | 5 | |
| Propane | Propane | $2.668 | −1.7% | 10 | |
| Propane, East Coast (PADD 1) | Propane | $3.572 | −1.0% | 8 | |
| Propane, New England (PADD 1A) | Propane | $3.727 | −2.3% | 12 | |
| Propane, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | Propane | $3.521 | +0.8% | 7 | |
| Propane, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | Propane | $3.492 | −1.7% | 10 | |
| Propane, Midwest (PADD 2) | Propane | $2.188 | −1.2% | 9 | |
| Propane, Gulf Coast (PADD 3) | Propane | $2.924 | −2.4% | 13 | |
| Propane, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) | Propane | $2.270 | −6.2% | 14 |
The table scrolls sideways; the first column stays in place.
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- EIA publishes prices for some states too. This page shows the United States and the regions only.
- EIA publishes the price every Monday from October to March, the heating season, and once a month from April to September, when it makes no monthly average. Each line is the average of the weekly prices of a calendar month that has two or more, so the charts have a gap from April to September and the newest month stays March until the October prices are in. In some winters EIA published fewer than one price a week, and the average is of the prices it published.
- State Energy Offices collect the residential prices. EIA revises the previous week for late submissions and corrections, and revised the national and regional prices of the winters of 2009 to 2013 after it changed how it weights them.
- This is the price that households pay for delivery, not a wholesale, spot or futures price. The averages, the changes and the ranks are ours, worked out from the weekly prices EIA publishes; a change is in percent.
Observed . Checked .
How to cite this
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Prices, Residential No. 2 heating oil and propane, monthly averages of weekly prices, United States and regions, through March 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What do households pay for heating oil and propane in the US?", https://500metrics.com/heating-fuel-prices.
Can the data be downloaded?heating-fuel-prices.csv
Download the last ten years of every line as CSV: 854 rows, to , 52,071 bytes.
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