State prices

South Carolina propane

South Carolina is outside EIA's weekly residential propane price survey, so there is no state-specific price. Here is the wholesale benchmark, the regional inventory context, the nearest surveyed states, and how to get a real local quote.

Source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Aug 26, 2026

Cite
About this data
Source
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year), table B25040
Series
Occupied homes heating with bottled, tank, or LP gas (propane)
Basis
Occupied housing units
Geography
South Carolina
Calculation
5-year estimate
Update frequency
Annual (ACS 5-year)

South Carolina has 73,416 propane-heated homes, 3.5% of housing stock. The state is outside EIA's weekly residential price survey.

Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040
MeasureValue
Homes heating with propane73,416
Share of occupied homes3.5%
Occupied homes (all fuels)2,117,989
National rank by propane share#38 of 51
Nearest surveyed states for a price reference
Nearest surveyed statePrice page
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GeorgiaView price →
TennesseeView price →

Previous weeks

An earlier week

South Carolina is outside EIA's weekly residential propane price survey, so no state-specific retail price is available. Use the Mont Belvieu wholesale benchmark, PADD 3 regional inventory, and the nearest surveyed states to gauge local market conditions.

Week of Aug 13, 2026

South Carolina is outside EIA's weekly residential propane price survey and has no public weekly price series.

About South Carolina propane

EIA does not run a weekly residential propane price survey in South Carolina, so there is no public weekly price series to report here. Its State Heating Oil and Propane Program covers 38 states during the October-March heating season; the states left out are mostly across the Pacific and parts of the South. That is a gap in the public survey, not a gap in the market: South Carolina homes still buy propane at prices set locally by delivered volume, tank arrangement, and the season.

The number this site can always show is the Mont Belvieu propane spot price, the national wholesale benchmark every US regional and delivered price is ultimately priced off of. South Carolina's own district, Lower Atlantic (PADD), does carry an EIA retail and wholesale price survey of its own, built from the other states EIA surveys there; see Lower Atlantic propane prices for that regional number, and Lower Atlantic propane stocks for the inventory cushion behind it.

For an actual delivered number, a reader should get a quote from two or three local dealers (price varies with tank size, delivery volume, and whether it is a will-call or keep-full arrangement) and can watch the nearest surveyed states below as a directional reference.

Once a local quote is in hand, the propane usage calculator will estimate your fill cost from it: tank size, gauge reading and how much the household burns, with the price per gallon entered by hand rather than pulled from a survey that does not cover South Carolina.

Common questions

What is the current propane price in South Carolina?

There is no published South Carolina residential propane price. EIA's weekly survey covers 38 states and South Carolina is not one of them, so the closest published numbers are the Lower Atlantic regional survey on Lower Atlantic propane prices and the national wholesale benchmark, the Mont Belvieu spot price. Both are regional or wholesale references rather than a South Carolina delivered price: for that, get quotes from two or three local dealers.

Why is there no propane price for South Carolina?

EIA's State Heating Oil and Propane Program is a voluntary weekly telephone survey of retail dealers, run October through March in 38 states chosen for propane heating volume. South Carolina is outside that sample, which is a gap in the public survey rather than a gap in the market: South Carolina households still buy propane at prices set locally by delivered volume, tank arrangement and season.

How can I estimate a propane fill cost in South Carolina?

Get a price per gallon from a local dealer, then run it through the propane usage calculator: it turns tank size, gauge reading and household burn rate into a fill cost and an estimate of how long the tank should last.