Gainesville Metro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Gainesville Area | Florida | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 102,411, 100% | 7,217,508 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 17,396, 16.99%, see rank | 4.53% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,412, 2.36%, see rank | 1.12% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 80,673, 78.77%, see rank | 92.30% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 288, 0.28%, see rank | 0.22% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 782, 0.76%, see rank | 0.20% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 71, 0.07%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 23, 0.02%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 766, 0.75%, see rank | 1.56% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Gainesville Area | Florida | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 102,507, 100% | 7,147,013 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 18,197, 17.75%, see rank | 4.57% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,798, 2.73%, see rank | 1.27% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 79,607, 77.66%, see rank | 92.17% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 469, 0.46%, see rank | 0.27% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 12, 0.01%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 796, 0.78%, see rank | 0.21% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 76, 0.07%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 38, 0.04%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 514, 0.50%, see rank | 1.44% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Gainesville Area | Florida | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 103,516, 100% | 7,152,844 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 19,985, 19.31%, see rank | 4.77% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,746, 3.62%, see rank | 1.54% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 77,480, 74.85%, see rank | 91.50% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 809, 0.78%, see rank | 0.34% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 14, 0.01%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 924, 0.89%, see rank | 0.21% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 86, 0.08%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 80, 0.08%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 392, 0.38%, see rank | 1.56% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Gainesville Area | Florida | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 101,987, 100% | 7,076,539 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 19,966, 19.58%, see rank | 4.85% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 4,489, 4.40%, see rank | 1.73% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 75,250, 73.78%, see rank | 91.13% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 834, 0.82%, see rank | 0.40% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 15, 0.01%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 851, 0.83%, see rank | 0.20% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 71, 0.07%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 92, 0.09%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 419, 0.41%, see rank | 1.61% | 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.