# Delaware propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.731/gal. EIA weekly survey (October-March). _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Sep 2, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $3.731/gal, 2% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.731/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Delaware residential propane ended the heating season at $3.731/gal on Mar 30, down 0.3% on the week. Prices finished 2.0% above the 4-year median as the EIA survey pauses until October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.731/gal | $3.659/gal | +2.0% | | Year over year | $3.731/gal | $3.844/gal | -2.9% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.731/gal | $3.679/gal | +1.4% | | Week over week | $3.731/gal | $3.744/gal | -0.3% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 36,979 | | Share of occupied homes | 9.2% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 402,038 | | National rank by propane share | #12 of 51 | ## About Delaware propane prices Delaware is small, flat and mostly served by natural gas in the north, so propane demand concentrates in Sussex County and the farm country below the canal. Poultry is the other load: Delmarva broiler houses run propane brooders, and that demand starts before home heating does. Supply comes off Delaware River terminals, the same tankage that serves southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey. This is a surveyed average rather than a quote. EIA polls a sample of Delaware propane dealers weekly through the October to March heating season and publishes the state figure Wednesday afternoon; the series then goes quiet until October. EIA publishes no wholesale price for Delaware, so the chart carries the residential line alone. The wholesale series runs at the regional level instead, on the [Central Atlantic price page](/region/padd1b). The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 9.2% of occupied Delaware homes, well above the national middle. That is a large block of homes to keep supplied through a cold January. For context beyond one state, Delaware sits in the Central Atlantic district: [regional prices](/region/padd1b) and [Central Atlantic propane stocks](/stocks/padd1b). A price per gallon is not a delivery ticket. The [propane usage calculator](/tools/propane-usage-calculator) estimates gallons burned and what a fill costs at the current Delaware survey price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Delaware? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Delaware right now. The [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) is the year-round wholesale benchmark, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.731/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Delaware? Residential propane runs highest in the middle of the heating season, ordinarily January and February, and cheapest through the summer while [Central Atlantic stocks](/stocks/padd1b) are building and nothing is drawing on them. The regional wrinkle is that the Central Atlantic carries the heaviest East Coast demand, concentrated upstate in New York and across rural Pennsylvania, and draws on Marcellus gas processing as well as Gulf Coast pipeline supply. [Why propane prices rise in winter](/guides/why-propane-prices-rise-in-winter) has the mechanics. ### Why is there no wholesale propane price for Delaware? EIA publishes no state-level wholesale (rack) price for Delaware, so the chart above carries the residential line alone. The wholesale series runs at the regional level instead, on the [Central Atlantic price page](/region/padd1b), and the [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) is the national wholesale benchmark. [How propane is priced](/guides/how-propane-is-priced) walks through the delivered-service stack that separates a rack gallon from a delivered one. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Residential retail propane price - Basis: Residential, retail - Geography: Delaware propane prices - Unit: $/gal - Calculation period: Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season - Last observation: Mar 30, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly, Oct-Mar --- Cite: Residential propane in Delaware propane prices averaged $3.731/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/delaware Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/delaware