EIA State Energy Offices survey (W_EPD2F_PRS_NUS_DPG) · Residential No. 2 heating oil, United States, dollars per gallon
What do households pay for a gallon of heating oil in the US?
The residential price of heating oil was $5.126 in the month ended , up 37.1% from a year earlier.
Residential heating oil price, not seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Residential heating oil price, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Residential heating oil price | $5.126 | $4.076 | $3.738 | $2.876 | $2.120 |
| Change over a year | +37.1% | +3.9% | −7.6% | +10.3% | −30.9% |
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Observed .
Right now
The residential price of heating oil was $5.126 in March 2026, the highest since November 2022.
Over a year it is up 37.1% (ours).
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| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | $4.076 in | +25.8% |
| Three months | $3.693 in | +38.8% |
| Twelve months | $3.738 in | +37.1% |
| Five years | $2.876 in | +78.2% |
| Ten years | $2.120 in | +141.7% |
In historyOurs
The residential price of heating oil of $5.126 in was higher than in 206 of the 208 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 2.
Highest since : $5.565 in . Lowest since : $0.856 in .
AverageOurs
Average since : $2.4580 (ours, a plain mean of the 209 months).
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Over a year the residential price of heating oil is up 37.1%, which ranks 4 of the 14 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the residential price of heating oil beside the fuels and regions on the heating fuel prices page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Understanding the residential price of heating oil
Where it stands today
The residential price of heating oil was $5.126 in March 2026.
What does the residential price of heating oil measure?
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy publishes the price that households pay for No. 2 heating oil delivered to their homes, from data that State Energy Offices collect, every week of the heating season from October to March. The figure is the price for the whole United States in dollars per gallon, without taxes.
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What 500metrics adds: the average of the weekly prices of each month, the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, and how the change over a year compares with the other lines of the heating fuel prices page.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the residential price of heating oil in each month?The last ten years, 60 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Oct 1990
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| $5.126 | +37.1% | |
| $4.076 | +3.9% | |
| $3.693 | −3.5% | |
| $3.693 | +4.7% | |
| $3.726 | +6.9% | |
| $3.555 | +1.8% | |
| $3.738 | −7.6% | |
| $3.922 | −4.3% | |
| $3.829 | −4.1% | |
| $3.529 | −12.5% | |
| $3.487 | −16.5% | |
| $3.494 | −18.8% | |
| $4.044 | −2.8% | |
| $4.099 | −5.5% | |
| $3.991 | −13.8% | |
| $4.032 | −13.5% | |
| $4.178 | −24.9% | |
| $4.305 | −21.2% | |
| $4.159 | −16.3% | |
| $4.336 | +9.4% | |
| $4.633 | +29.4% | |
| $4.659 | +39.3% | |
| $5.565 | +64.1% | |
| $5.461 | +65.2% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| $4.968 | +72.7% | |
| $3.964 | +46.5% | |
| $3.579 | +41.9% | |
| $3.345 | +40.9% | |
| $3.391 | +55.3% | |
| $3.306 | +54.6% | |
| $2.876 | +10.3% | |
| $2.705 | −7.0% | |
| $2.522 | −17.9% | |
| $2.374 | −21.8% | |
| $2.183 | −26.8% | |
| $2.139 | −27.8% | |
| $2.607 | −19.1% | |
| $2.909 | −9.2% | |
| $3.072 | −2.2% | |
| $3.035 | −4.1% | |
| $2.981 | −10.3% | |
| $2.960 | −11.6% | |
| $3.224 | +4.9% | |
| $3.205 | +2.3% | |
| $3.142 | −1.2% | |
| $3.164 | +9.5% | |
| $3.324 | +18.6% | |
| $3.350 | +25.5% | |
| $3.074 | +17.9% | |
| $3.133 | +18.5% | |
| $3.181 | +20.7% | |
| $2.889 | +13.5% | |
| $2.803 | +17.4% | |
| $2.669 | +12.7% | |
| $2.608 | +23.0% | |
| $2.644 | +26.4% | |
| $2.634 | +23.6% | |
| $2.545 | +13.5% | |
| $2.387 | −0.4% | |
| $2.368 | −2.5% |
How does it compare with the fuels and regions on the heating fuel prices page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heating oil, New England (PADD 1A) | $5.149 | +37.9% | 1 | |
| Heating oil, East Coast (PADD 1) | $5.164 | +37.4% | 2 | |
| Heating oil, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | $5.208 | +37.2% | 3 | |
| Heating oil (this page) | $5.126 | +37.1% | 4 | |
| Heating oil, Midwest (PADD 2) | $4.285 | +31.1% | 5 | |
| Heating oil, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | $4.640 | +30.0% | 6 | |
| Propane, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | $3.521 | +0.8% | 7 | |
| Propane, East Coast (PADD 1) | $3.572 | −1.0% | 8 | |
| Propane, Midwest (PADD 2) | $2.188 | −1.2% | 9 | |
| Propane | $2.668 | −1.7% | 10 | |
| Propane, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | $3.492 | −1.7% | 10 | |
| Propane, New England (PADD 1A) | $3.727 | −2.3% | 12 | |
| Propane, Gulf Coast (PADD 3) | $2.924 | −2.4% | 13 | |
| Propane, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) | $2.270 | −6.2% | 14 |
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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 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. This page shows the average of the weekly prices of each calendar month that has two or more, so the chart has a gap from April to September. In some winters EIA published fewer than one price a week, and the average is of the prices it published.
- The price is the price charged for home delivery of No. 2 heating oil, before any discount such as one for prompt payment, and it leaves out taxes the consumer pays.
- 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, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the weekly prices EIA publishes; a change is in percent.
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How to cite this
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Prices, Residential No. 2 heating oil, United States, dollars per gallon, through March 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What do households pay for a gallon of heating oil in the US?", https://500metrics.com/heating-fuel-prices/heating-oil.
Can the data be downloaded?heating-fuel-prices-heating-oil.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 209 rows, to , 4,174 bytes.
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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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