Wichita Metro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Wichita Area | Kansas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 241,831, 100% | 1,112,335 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 167,902, 69.43%, see rank | 67.60% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 12,407, 5.13%, see rank | 7.72% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 58,068, 24.01%, see rank | 22.06% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 316, 0.13%, see rank | 0.13% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 7, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 1,867, 0.77%, see rank | 1.79% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 13, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 826, 0.34%, see rank | 0.47% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 425, 0.18%, see rank | 0.21% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Wichita Area | Kansas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 239,544, 100% | 1,109,391 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 169,864, 70.91%, see rank | 69.10% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 12,123, 5.06%, see rank | 7.95% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 54,468, 22.74%, see rank | 20.46% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 158, 0.07%, see rank | 0.12% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 1,949, 0.81%, see rank | 1.75% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 23, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 627, 0.26%, see rank | 0.45% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 332, 0.14%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Wichita Area | Kansas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 237,351, 100% | 1,101,672 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 170,174, 71.70%, see rank | 70.24% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 13,060, 5.50%, see rank | 8.34% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 50,748, 21.38%, see rank | 18.97% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 235, 0.10%, see rank | 0.14% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 2,184, 0.92%, see rank | 1.69% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 27, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 620, 0.26%, see rank | 0.48% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 303, 0.13%, see rank | 0.12% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Wichita Area | Kansas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 235,577, 100% | 1,093,694 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 168,774, 71.64%, see rank | 70.63% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 13,683, 5.81%, see rank | 8.60% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 49,773, 21.13%, see rank | 18.32% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 281, 0.12%, see rank | 0.15% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 2,058, 0.87%, see rank | 1.66% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 31, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 751, 0.32%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 226, 0.10%, see rank | 0.10% | 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.