Home heating oil prices per gallon today: compare states near you
The U.S. average was $6.190 a gallon in the week of October 19, 2026, before tax; pick your state for its own figure.
Heating oil, Massachusetts, week of October 19, 2026
$6.115/gal
| 150 gallons at this price | $917 |
| Change from the week before | -$0.001 |
| Same week a year ago | $3.548 (+72.4 %) |
| Average of last winter (2025-26, November to March) | $4.221 |
| Wholesale price the same week | $5.340 (dealer spread $0.775) |
| U.S. average | $6.190 |
EIA weekly survey of October 19, 2026, excluding taxes. Next release October 28, 2026.
Compiled by Radif Partners · Where the prices come from · EIA weekly survey of October 19, 2026, excluding taxes · no dealer listed
Residential heating oil averaged $6.190 a gallon in the United States in the federal survey of October 19, 2026, up 76 % from the same week a year earlier. Delaware was the most expensive of the 21 surveyed states at $6.431 and Nebraska the cheapest at $5.630, a gap of $0.801 a gallon, or $120 on a 150-gallon delivery. The Energy Information Administration collects these prices every Monday from October to March and publishes them on Wednesday, without taxes. Last winter the national price averaged $4.094 from November to March. The table below ranks every state, gives the change on a year and the spread over the wholesale price, and links to the page of each state with its own calculators.
All surveyed states, from the dearest to the cheapest
| Rank | State | Price a gallon | Week before | A year ago | Over wholesale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware | $6.431 | $6.305 | $3.921 | $1.063 |
| 2 | New York | $6.417 | $6.335 | $3.830 | $1.064 |
| 3 | New Jersey | $6.382 | $6.330 | $3.776 | $1.101 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | $6.380 | $6.304 | $3.610 | $1.108 |
| 5 | Maryland | $6.371 | $6.272 | $3.594 | $1.165 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $6.154 | $6.086 | $3.392 | $0.815 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $6.115 | $6.116 | $3.548 | $0.775 |
| 8 | Vermont | $6.097 | $6.034 | $3.407 | $0.516 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | $6.066 | $6.012 | $3.236 | $0.751 |
| 10 | Indiana | $6.053 | $6.023 | $3.303 | $1.111 |
| 11 | New Hampshire | $6.033 | $6.029 | $3.473 | $0.798 |
| 12 | Ohio | $6.031 | $6.037 | $3.454 | $0.906 |
| 13 | Maine | $6.026 | $5.969 | $3.235 | $0.722 |
| 14 | Virginia | $6.003 | $5.986 | $3.627 | $0.858 |
| 15 | Minnesota | $5.916 | $5.761 | $3.520 | $0.647 |
| 16 | Kentucky | $5.890 | $5.857 | $3.029 | $0.577 |
| 17 | North Carolina | $5.828 | $5.847 | $3.253 | $0.739 |
| 18 | Iowa | $5.817 | $5.674 | $3.019 | $0.580 |
| 19 | Michigan | $5.808 | $5.836 | $3.119 | $0.889 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | $5.786 | $5.686 | $3.075 | $0.909 |
| 21 | Nebraska | $5.630 | $5.472 | $2.764 | $0.363 |
Why the survey covers only 21 states
Heating oil is a regional fuel. The EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook counts 4,134,422 American households that heat mainly with heating oil or kerosene, and 3,388,280 of them, 82 %, live in the Northeast. The weekly survey follows the fuel: New England, the Central Atlantic, the Lower Atlantic states of Virginia and North Carolina, and a band of Midwest states from Ohio to Nebraska. Outside those states too few homes burn oil for a weekly sample, and the site shows the U.S. average there, labeled as such.
The New England states carry the most weight. Maine, with 50 % of its homes on fuel oil or kerosene according to the Census Bureau, has the highest share of the surveyed states; New Hampshire (37 %) and Vermont (35 %) follow. In the Midwest states of the survey, oil heats 2 % of homes at most, and propane is the fuel that rural households compare.
Price and cost of a delivery in your state
Heating oil, Massachusetts, week of October 19, 2026
$6.115/gal
| 150 gallons at this price | $917 |
| Change from the week before | -$0.001 |
| Same week a year ago | $3.548 (+72.4 %) |
| Average of last winter (2025-26, November to March) | $4.221 |
Reading the gap between states
Two things set a state's price: the wholesale price of distillate delivered to its terminals, and what dealers add on top for trucks, drivers, credit, service plans and margin. The wholesale column of the EIA tells them apart. This week the dealer spread ranges from $0.363 to $1.165 a gallon across the states that publish both. Wholesale prices move the whole table up or down together; the spread explains most of the order inside it, and it moves slowly.
A state average is not your price. Full-service dealers with burner contracts, discount cash-on-delivery dealers and automatic-delivery plans each price their own way. The survey is still a fair yardstick: if your delivery ticket shows a price far above your state's line for the same week, you have a reason to ask why.
From the price to a bill
A gallon price means little until it is multiplied. At this week's U.S. average, filling a 275-gallon basement tank from empty costs $1,702. The tank fill calculator works from your gauge reading, the winter budget from your state's degree days, and the lock-in check from every winter since 2013-14. For the weeks past, the price history lists each season's October price, winter average and peak.
When the numbers change
The survey runs from the first Monday of October to the end of March. The EIA released this week's figures on October 21, 2026 and plans the next release for October 28, 2026. The site reads the files that day and rebuilds every page; if the EIA's server does not answer, the previous week stays online with its date. Late reports can revise the week before by a cent or two, which is why the "week before" column can differ slightly from what you saw last Wednesday.