Mobile Metro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Mobile Area | Alabama | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 154,400, 100% | 1,842,174 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 60,497, 39.18%, see rank | 29.16% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,263, 1.47%, see rank | 7.18% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 90,451, 58.58%, see rank | 61.92% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 84, 0.05%, see rank | 0.21% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 467, 0.30%, see rank | 1.11% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 15, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 128, 0.08%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 495, 0.32%, see rank | 0.31% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Mobile Area | Alabama | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 156,772, 100% | 1,837,576 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 65,843, 42.00%, see rank | 30.54% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,541, 1.62%, see rank | 8.07% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 87,161, 55.60%, see rank | 59.62% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 93, 0.06%, see rank | 0.25% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 524, 0.33%, see rank | 1.18% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 14, 0.01%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 73, 0.05%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 523, 0.33%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Mobile Area | Alabama | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 153,302, 100% | 1,821,210 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 68,130, 44.44%, see rank | 32.56% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,197, 2.09%, see rank | 9.21% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 80,758, 52.68%, see rank | 56.48% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 135, 0.09%, see rank | 0.29% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 562, 0.37%, see rank | 1.13% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 8, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 40, 0.03%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 472, 0.31%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Mobile Area | Alabama | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 155,657, 100% | 1,819,441 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 70,114, 45.04%, see rank | 33.75% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,732, 2.40%, see rank | 9.93% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 80,512, 51.72%, see rank | 54.56% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 100, 0.06%, see rank | 0.31% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 38, 0.02%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.12% |
Wood | 549, 0.35%, see rank | 1.09% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 47, 0.03%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 565, 0.36%, see rank | 0.25% | 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.