Anchorage Metro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| | Anchorage Area | Alaska | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 136,268, 100% | 251,678 | 116,211,092 |
| Utility Gas | 107,059, 78.57%, see rank | 48.28% | 48.85% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,267, 0.93%, see rank | 1.42% | 4.86% |
| Electricity | 16,818, 12.34%, see rank | 11.43% | 36.68% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 7,019, 5.15%, see rank | 31.25% | 5.86% |
| Coal or Coke | 93, 0.07%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 3,164, 2.32%, see rank | 6.25% | 2.12% |
| Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.05% |
| Other Fuel | 380, 0.28%, see rank | 0.65% | 0.47% |
| No Fuel Used | 468, 0.34%, see rank | 0.39% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| | Anchorage Area | Alaska | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 136,440, 100% | 252,991 | 115,226,802 |
| Utility Gas | 108,573, 79.58%, see rank | 48.65% | 49.42% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,244, 0.91%, see rank | 1.57% | 5.03% |
| Electricity | 15,886, 11.64%, see rank | 10.46% | 35.51% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 6,822, 5.00%, see rank | 32.21% | 6.46% |
| Coal or Coke | 113, 0.08%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 2,920, 2.14%, see rank | 5.91% | 2.08% |
| Solar Energy | 15, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| Other Fuel | 531, 0.39%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.43% |
| No Fuel Used | 336, 0.25%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| | Anchorage Area | Alaska | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 133,676, 100% | 248,248 | 114,235,996 |
| Utility Gas | 107,289, 80.26%, see rank | 49.00% | 49.91% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,097, 0.82%, see rank | 1.69% | 5.38% |
| Electricity | 14,889, 11.14%, see rank | 9.53% | 34.20% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 6,703, 5.01%, see rank | 33.43% | 7.07% |
| Coal or Coke | 49, 0.04%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 2,514, 1.88%, see rank | 5.10% | 1.97% |
| Solar Energy | 11, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 635, 0.48%, see rank | 0.57% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 489, 0.37%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| | Anchorage Area | Alaska | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 125,558, 100% | 234,779 | 112,611,029 |
| Utility Gas | 100,487, 80.03%, see rank | 48.57% | 50.14% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,058, 0.84%, see rank | 1.65% | 5.58% |
| Electricity | 15,338, 12.22%, see rank | 10.11% | 33.56% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 5,618, 4.47%, see rank | 33.78% | 7.38% |
| Coal or Coke | 45, 0.04%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 1,714, 1.37%, see rank | 4.44% | 1.89% |
| Solar Energy | 37, 0.03%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 746, 0.59%, see rank | 0.61% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 515, 0.41%, see rank | 0.39% | 0.88% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
