# New Jersey propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.821/gal, wholesale $1.510/gal. EIA weekly survey (October-March). _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Aug 26, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $3.821/gal, 6.5% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.821/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. New Jersey residential propane was $3.821/gal on Mar 30, reading 6.5% above the 4-year median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March only. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.821/gal | $3.588/gal | +6.5% | | Year over year | $3.821/gal | $3.809/gal | +0.3% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.821/gal | $3.729/gal | +2.5% | | Week over week | $3.821/gal | $3.808/gal | +0.3% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 84,416 | | Share of occupied homes | 2.4% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 3,507,701 | | National rank by propane share | #46 of 51 | ## About 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](/region/padd1b) and [Central Atlantic propane stocks](/stocks/padd1b). Estimate your fill cost with the [propane usage calculator](/tools/propane-usage-calculator), which works from tank size, gauge reading and what the household burns. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in New Jersey? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for New Jersey right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in New Jersey is $1.510/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.821/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in New Jersey? 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. ### What is the difference between the residential and wholesale price on this page? The residential price is what a New Jersey household pays for a delivered gallon: the dealer's own cost plus trucking, tank service and margin. The wholesale price is that dealer cost at the rack, before any of it. The gap between the two is the delivered-service stack, and [how propane is priced](/guides/how-propane-is-priced) walks through each layer of it. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Residential retail propane price - Basis: Residential, retail - Geography: New Jersey 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 New Jersey propane prices averaged $3.821/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/new-jersey Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/new-jersey