Pittsburgh Metro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| | Pittsburgh Area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 989,655, 100% | 4,957,736 | 116,211,092 |
| Utility Gas | 741,236, 74.90%, see rank | 51.01% | 48.85% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 17,665, 1.78%, see rank | 3.81% | 4.86% |
| Electricity | 135,278, 13.67%, see rank | 21.18% | 36.68% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 70,865, 7.16%, see rank | 18.77% | 5.86% |
| Coal or Coke | 2,233, 0.23%, see rank | 1.37% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 14,249, 1.44%, see rank | 2.87% | 2.12% |
| Solar Energy | 99, 0.01%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.05% |
| Other Fuel | 5,385, 0.54%, see rank | 0.65% | 0.47% |
| No Fuel Used | 2,645, 0.27%, see rank | 0.30% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| | Pittsburgh Area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 988,615, 100% | 4,959,633 | 115,226,802 |
| Utility Gas | 746,561, 75.52%, see rank | 51.16% | 49.42% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 16,714, 1.69%, see rank | 3.64% | 5.03% |
| Electricity | 125,725, 12.72%, see rank | 20.12% | 35.51% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 75,831, 7.67%, see rank | 20.21% | 6.46% |
| Coal or Coke | 2,319, 0.23%, see rank | 1.35% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 14,359, 1.45%, see rank | 2.71% | 2.08% |
| Solar Energy | 50, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| Other Fuel | 4,794, 0.48%, see rank | 0.56% | 0.43% |
| No Fuel Used | 2,262, 0.23%, see rank | 0.24% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| | Pittsburgh Area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 985,385, 100% | 4,940,581 | 114,235,996 |
| Utility Gas | 746,481, 75.76%, see rank | 51.28% | 49.91% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 17,393, 1.77%, see rank | 3.64% | 5.38% |
| Electricity | 117,956, 11.97%, see rank | 19.03% | 34.20% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 81,427, 8.26%, see rank | 21.55% | 7.07% |
| Coal or Coke | 2,284, 0.23%, see rank | 1.32% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 13,683, 1.39%, see rank | 2.43% | 1.97% |
| Solar Energy | 49, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 4,321, 0.44%, see rank | 0.53% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 1,791, 0.18%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| | Pittsburgh Area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 991,278, 100% | 4,893,127 | 112,611,029 |
| Utility Gas | 755,653, 76.23%, see rank | 51.33% | 50.14% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 18,467, 1.86%, see rank | 3.69% | 5.58% |
| Electricity | 112,386, 11.34%, see rank | 18.38% | 33.56% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 84,043, 8.48%, see rank | 22.27% | 7.38% |
| Coal or Coke | 2,557, 0.26%, see rank | 1.32% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 12,244, 1.24%, see rank | 2.28% | 1.89% |
| Solar Energy | 141, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 4,314, 0.44%, see rank | 0.50% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 1,473, 0.15%, see rank | 0.20% | 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.
