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Type of Housing Unit
The percentage of households that used heating oil as their main heating fuel, or for any use, was nearly the same for all types of housing units (Figure 1). On average, households that occupied single-family and two-to-four unit structures consumed the most heating oil and spent the greatest amount for the fuel (Figures 2 and 3). The price paid for the fuel by households that occupied five-or-more unit structures was significantly less than that paid by households in other housing units (Figure 4).
Figure 1. Percent of Households That Use Heating Oil by Type of Housing Unit, 1997
Note:
Data for mobile homes withheld because either the relative standard error exceeded 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled.
Source: EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997.
Figure 2. Heating Oil Consumption per Household by Type of Housing Unit, 1997
Note:
Data for mobile homes withheld because either the relative standard error exceeded 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled.
Source: EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997.
Figure 3. Heating Oil Expenditures per Household in 1997 by Type of Housing Unit
(Based on 1997 and 2001 Prices)
Note:
Data for mobile homes withheld because either the relative standard error exceeded 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled.
Sources: EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997 and EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook February 2001.
Figure 4. Heating oil prices by type of housing unit, 1997
Note:
Data for mobile homes withheld because either the relative standard error exceeded 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled.
Source: EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997.