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Year Constructed

The year that housing units were constructed and their use of heating oil were related—the oldest units were more likely to use the fuel, and the most recently constructed were the least likely (Figure 1). Eighteen percent of units constructed in 1949 or before used heating oil, while only 4 percent of those constructed after 1979 used the fuel. The amount consumed and spent for heating oil per household varied by year constructed, but the variations were not statistically significant (Figures 2 and 3). The price paid was nearly the same for all year-constructed categories (Figure 4).

Figure 1. Percent of Households That Use Heating Oil by Year Constructed, 1997
Figure 1. Percent of households that use heating oil by year constructed, 1997
Source: Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997.

Figure 2. Heating Oil Consumption per Household by Year Constructed, 1997
Figure 2. Heating oil consumption per household by year constructed, 1997
Source: Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997.

Figure 3. Heating Oil Expenditures per Household in 1997 by Year Constructed
(Based on 1997 and 2001 Prices)
Figure 3. Heating oil expenditures per household by year constructed, 1997 prices and projected 2001 prices
Source: Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997 and EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook February 2001.

Figure 4. Heating Oil Prices per Household by Year Constructed, 1997
Figure 4. Heating oil prices per household by year constructed, 1997
Source: Residential Energy Consumption Survey 1997.

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