New Jersey propane prices

New Jersey is a natural gas state. Mains reach most of the housing stock, which leaves propane serving the Pinelands, the northwestern hill counties and a scattering of shore communities. Supply is close at hand: terminals along the Delaware River and the New York Harbor complex sit inside or against the state's borders, so freight is a smaller part of the delivered price here than anywhere else in the Northeast.

The price above comes from EIA's State Heating Oil and Propane Program, which surveys a sample of retail dealers in New Jersey once a week and publishes the state average on Wednesday afternoon. It runs October through March only, so nothing new prints between April and September. Two lines run on the chart because EIA surveys New Jersey dealers on both sides of the sale: what they pay at the rack and what they charge a residential customer. The lower line moves first, and the retail line follows it with a lag measured in weeks. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 2.4% of occupied New Jersey homes, 46th of 51 states and the District of Columbia. Most of the state heats with something else.

For context beyond one state, New Jersey sits in the Central Atlantic district: regional prices and Central Atlantic propane stocks. Estimate your fill cost with the propane usage calculator, which works from tank size, gauge reading and what the household burns.