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Cheapest Oxford County Heating Oil Price History

Updated Today

DatePrice
01/05/2026 $3.099
01/04/2026 $3.099
01/03/2026 $3.099
01/02/2026 $3.099
01/01/2026 $3.099
12/31/2025 $3.099
12/30/2025 $3.099
12/29/2025 $3.099
12/28/2025 $3.099
12/27/2025 $3.149
12/26/2025 $3.149
12/25/2025 $3.149
12/24/2025 $3.149
12/23/2025 $3.149
12/22/2025 $3.149
12/21/2025 $3.149
12/20/2025 $3.199
12/19/2025 $3.199
12/18/2025 $3.199
12/17/2025 $3.199
12/16/2025 $3.199
12/15/2025 $3.199
12/14/2025 $3.199
12/13/2025 $3.199
12/12/2025 $3.199
12/11/2025 $3.199
12/10/2025 $3.199
12/09/2025 $3.199
12/08/2025 $3.199
12/07/2025 $3.199

Propane vs. Natural Gas vs. Heating Oil: Oxford Home Heating Fuel Comparison

Families have a choice of fuels that can be used when it comes to heating. Heating Oil is the most common choice in Oxford, used by 298,426 or 48% of residents. The 2nd most popular primary heating fuel for Oxford homeowners is Propane, used by 101,382 homes (16%). The other homes are heated with Electricity (15%), Wood (10%), Natural Gas (9%), and Other (2%).

Oxford County Residential Primary Home Heating Fuel (in Number of Households)

YearNatural GasPropaneElectricityOilWoodSolarOther
2025653,594698,466733,7233,236,738597,4208,609116,318
2024618,834802,807724,6053,592,824609,17914,059121,219
2023585,529898,068716,1003,953,256618,56619,101125,461
2022566,518891,855666,4264,098,753616,41919,202120,856
2021550,546837,740585,6474,136,881617,01017,888114,767
2020536,071794,284527,4824,166,241639,95916,042119,680
2019517,014747,545485,6854,158,699689,39612,456124,808
2018499,919691,733441,0174,134,704754,4819,910130,658
2017477,514647,723400,1404,141,730813,1938,380136,305
2016444,698602,557368,1024,179,108856,4906,810131,511
2015413,155560,958340,0794,261,987885,1816,178119,809
2014377,706529,251322,9984,372,014885,7225,653105,835
2013345,577500,180316,2524,486,005860,0515,33890,615
2012317,132472,373310,8024,614,841812,5334,96374,885
2011293,224450,321304,0964,737,863742,6604,12561,721
2010269,466433,265301,3994,858,691664,5334,31552,880

Heating Oil (Fuel Oil) Use in Oxford

Fuel oil has become less popular in Oxford. In the 8 years since 2017, the number of homeowners using heating oil decreased from 331,541 to 298,426, a 10% drop.

Propane vs. Natural Gas use for home heating in Oxford

Between 2017 and today, the number of houses using propane as the primary space heating fuel rose from 61,816 to 101,382, a 64% change. Comparing 2017 and today, the number of homes using natural gas as the primary space heating fuel jumped from 41,841 to 53,178, a 27% change.

Electricity use for home heating in Oxford

Electric heat pump systems for home heating are more prevalent in Oxford. Since 2017, the number of homes heating with electricity grew from 36,406 to 92,432, a 154% change.

Adoption of solar home heating systems in Oxford

Solar is the most environmentally friendly of all heating fuels. With an “active” solar heating system, liquid flows between solar panels on a home’s roof and a heat energy storage tank (similar to a hot water heater) in the basement. Currently, 3,526 homes in Oxford are heated with active solar arrays. This is a 187% gain from 2017, when 1,228 homes utilized active solar heating.

Oxford County Heating Oil Trends

Last year, Oxford County homeowners purchased a total of 7 million gallons of heating oil.

Short Term Trends

Oxford’s overall heating oil use changes from year to year depending on winter temperatures. As the temperature outside gets more chilly, homes’ furnaces need to burn increasing amounts of oil to maintain the temperature that the thermostat is set to. Last winter, the average outside temperature in Oxford was 24.4°F, which was 4.2°F colder than the prior winter's average outside temperature.

Oxford County Average Winter Temperature

Heating SeasonAverage Temperature
2024 - 202524.4° F
2023 - 202428.6° F

Oxford County Homeowner’s Guide to Selecting an Oil Company

For Oxford families heating with heating oil, selecting which of the 16 heating oil companies that serve Oxford plays a big role in determining how much money is spent on heating each winter.

Full Service Oil Companies: Homeowners who want a “set-it-and-forget-it” heating system select one of the 4 “full-service” oil companies that serve Oxford. Full service companies such as Ness Oil Company or Mainely Heating Oil offer customers annual contracts which consist of a combined package of both automatic oil delivery and HVAC repair. With an automatic fuel oil delivery contract, the company tracks your home’s heating oil consumption and makes deliveries when your tank is running low. The client does not need to monitor the level of the oil tank or place individual orders.

Discount Oil Companies: Often called “COD Fuel” or “Cash Heating Oil” companies, discount oil companies are for clients who are looking to save money. With discount oil companies, in exchange for lower prices, you monitor the oil level in your tank, and you place an oil order either when the level runs low or just before a major snowstorm. Examples of 2 Oxford cash heating oil companies serving Oxford include C N Brown Co and CN Brown Energy.

Oxford Oil Company Fast Facts: Fuel oil Companies Serving Oxford: 16 companies .
Average Number of Oxford Homes Served per Heating Oil company : 0