Springfield Metro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| | Springfield Area | Missouri | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 177,468, 100% | 2,361,232 | 116,211,092 |
| Utility Gas | 82,004, 46.21%, see rank | 51.95% | 48.85% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 21,292, 12.00%, see rank | 9.41% | 4.86% |
| Electricity | 62,690, 35.32%, see rank | 33.77% | 36.68% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 200, 0.11%, see rank | 0.24% | 5.86% |
| Coal or Coke | 16, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 10,002, 5.64%, see rank | 4.03% | 2.12% |
| Solar Energy | 32, 0.02%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.05% |
| Other Fuel | 978, 0.55%, see rank | 0.34% | 0.47% |
| No Fuel Used | 254, 0.14%, see rank | 0.23% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| | Springfield Area | Missouri | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 175,483, 100% | 2,358,270 | 115,226,802 |
| Utility Gas | 84,992, 48.43%, see rank | 53.06% | 49.42% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 22,003, 12.54%, see rank | 9.93% | 5.03% |
| Electricity | 57,027, 32.50%, see rank | 32.20% | 35.51% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 371, 0.21%, see rank | 0.29% | 6.46% |
| Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 10,065, 5.74%, see rank | 4.03% | 2.08% |
| Solar Energy | 18, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| Other Fuel | 815, 0.46%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.43% |
| No Fuel Used | 192, 0.11%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| | Springfield Area | Missouri | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 172,468, 100% | 2,349,955 | 114,235,996 |
| Utility Gas | 85,129, 49.36%, see rank | 54.10% | 49.91% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 24,395, 14.14%, see rank | 10.88% | 5.38% |
| Electricity | 52,371, 30.37%, see rank | 30.38% | 34.20% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 311, 0.18%, see rank | 0.35% | 7.07% |
| Coal or Coke | 48, 0.03%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 9,044, 5.24%, see rank | 3.81% | 1.97% |
| Solar Energy | 48, 0.03%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 761, 0.44%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 361, 0.21%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| | Springfield Area | Missouri | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 167,814, 100% | 2,322,238 | 112,611,029 |
| Utility Gas | 84,676, 50.46%, see rank | 55.08% | 50.14% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 23,868, 14.22%, see rank | 11.25% | 5.58% |
| Electricity | 49,686, 29.61%, see rank | 29.22% | 33.56% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 347, 0.21%, see rank | 0.40% | 7.38% |
| Coal or Coke | 22, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 8,168, 4.87%, see rank | 3.59% | 1.89% |
| Solar Energy | 34, 0.02%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 726, 0.43%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 287, 0.17%, see rank | 0.17% | 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.
