Essex County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 4,288, 100% | 3,041,710 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 30, 0.70%, see rank | 33.74% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 435, 10.14%, see rank | 4.51% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 2,833, 66.07%, see rank | 52.28% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 625, 14.58%, see rank | 6.01% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.12% |
Wood | 345, 8.05%, see rank | 2.76% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 14, 0.33%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 6, 0.14%, see rank | 0.30% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 4,351, 100% | 3,006,219 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 29, 0.67%, see rank | 34.14% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 434, 9.97%, see rank | 4.55% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 2,868, 65.92%, see rank | 50.89% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 796, 18.29%, see rank | 7.03% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.12% |
Wood | 207, 4.76%, see rank | 2.78% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 17, 0.39%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 4,466, 100% | 2,974,481 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 48, 1.07%, see rank | 34.66% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 525, 11.76%, see rank | 4.94% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 2,859, 64.02%, see rank | 48.94% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 843, 18.88%, see rank | 8.25% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 13, 0.29%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.12% |
Wood | 166, 3.72%, see rank | 2.64% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 12, 0.27%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 4,601, 100% | 2,936,634 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 97, 2.11%, see rank | 34.70% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 567, 12.32%, see rank | 5.08% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 2,900, 63.03%, see rank | 48.05% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 887, 19.28%, see rank | 8.99% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 23, 0.50%, see rank | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Wood | 116, 2.52%, see rank | 2.56% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 11, 0.24%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 3,995, 100% | 2,699,173 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 57, 1.43%, see rank | 34.05% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 469, 11.74%, see rank | 5.13% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 2,062, 51.61%, see rank | 43.67% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,205, 30.16%, see rank | 13.43% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.14% |
Wood | 190, 4.76%, see rank | 2.93% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 6, 0.15%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 6, 0.15%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.69% |
* 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.