New Jersey prices near the top of the national range despite sitting on top of the largest refining and terminal complex on the East Coast. Proximity to the rack is not what sets a delivered household price.
EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program / EIA SHOPP weekly residential, New Jersey / published 30 March 2026 / checked 23 September 2026 / lag 177 daysthree to six months oldtier A
State level print for the week ending 30 March 2026. The survey pauses after March, so this figure ages until the season resumes in October.
Where this sits
Of the twenty one states with a published print for this week, New Jersey ranks 19. The cheapest is Nebraska at $3.97 and the dearest is Delaware at $5.91, a spread of $1.94 a gallon. On a 261 gallon fill that national spread is worth $506.60.
150 gallons
$875.70
261 gallons
$1,523.72
314 gallons
$1,833.13
523 gallons
$3,053.27
The market here
Oil-heated homes are concentrated in the northwest counties and in older housing stock elsewhere. Most of the state is on gas.
Fuel rules
No statewide blend mandate.
Ordering
If you are in a gas-served town on oil, get a gas connection quote once so you know the number. It is often the only way to settle the question rather than revisiting it every winter.
The last sixty weeks
8 Apr 2024 to 30 Mar 2026 / 60 readings
low 3.625$ / high 5.866$
Kerosene scale / 60 week window / colour is price level, never anything else
Bands are quintiles of the 60 week window in dollars per gallon. There is no red and green pair anywhere on this site. Direction is carried by the delta glyph in the text, not by colour.
The last five seasons
| Season | Average | Low | Peak | 261 gallon fill at the average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $3.96 | $3.33 | $5.34 | $1,032.26 |
| 2022-23 | $5.07 | $4.32 | $6.16 | $1,324.31 |
| 2023-24 | $4.34 | $4.19 | $4.64 | $1,132.22 |
| 2024-25 | $3.86 | $3.64 | $4.17 | $1,006.94 |
| 2025-26 | $4.30 | $3.78 | $5.87 | $1,122.04 |
The state survey and the federal print
New Jersey points at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Where a state runs its own dealer survey it usually samples more dealers than the federal collection does in that state, so the two figures will not match exactly and neither is wrong. Use the state survey to sanity check a quote in the week you order, and the federal series to compare across states.
Assistance
Help here runs through New Jersey DCAid energy assistance. Applications go to the state, never to the federal office, and for a delivered fuel the benefit is normally paid to a participating dealer against a delivery rather than to the household.
Primary sources for this page
- EIA State Heating Oil and Propane ProgramWeekly residential delivered price of No. 2 heating oil, national and by state. Collected October to March. The survey pauses after the last March print and resumes in October, which is why every federal page shows March data all summer.
- New Jersey Board of Public UtilitiesThe New Jersey state price source. Linked rather than restated, because it updates on its own schedule.
- New Jersey DCAid energy assistanceThe assistance route for this state. Eligibility and amounts are set by the state and change each program year.
- EIA Residential Energy Consumption SurveyHousehold fuel shares and consumption. Used for context, never for a price.