^ Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in Alton decreased 41.4 percent. [Read More]
Natural Gas Usage in Alton
^ Alton residents used an estimated 112 million cubic feet of natural gas in December 2023. [Read More]
Natural Gas Customers in Alton
^ There are an estimated 8,642 residential natural gas customers in the city of Alton. [Read More]
Natural Gas Rates in Alton, IL
Residential Natural Gas Rates in Alton
Residential natural gas prices in Alton, IL (based on Illinois data) averaged $6.54 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. This average rate was approximately 44.7% less than the U.S. average rate of $11.82 per thousand cubic feet for residential customers in the most recent month with data. [1]
Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in Alton decreased 41.4 percent, from $11.16 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $6.54 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]
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Industrial Natural Gas Rates in Alton
Alton, IL industrial natural gas prices in January 2024 (based on Illinois data) averaged $5.04 per thousand cubic feet, which was approximately 1.6% more than the average rate of $4.96 per thousand cubic feet in the United States overall in the most recent month with data. [1]
Year over year, the average industrial natural gas rate in Alton decreased 47.06 percent, from $9.52 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $5.04 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]
*Prices listed as 0 (zero) are not available (N/A).
Natural Gas Usage in Alton, IL
Alton Natural Gas Customers
An estimated 3,979,278 residential consumers use natural gas in Illinois, which is approximately 5.5% of the total number of residential natural gas consumers in the United States overall. [2]
Alton: There are an estimated 8,642 residential natural gas customers in the city of Alton. [3]
Residential Natural Gas Consumption in Alton
Residential natural gas usage in Illinois in December 2023 was 51,694 million cubic feet, or approximately 5.6% of the total residential consumption in the U.S. of 918,996 million cubic feet that month. [1]
Alton residents used an estimated 112 million cubic feet of natural gas in December 2023, or less than 1 percent of the overall usage in Illinois that month. [3]
More Illinois Natural Gas Statistics
Illinois Industrial Natural Gas Consumers
Industrial Natural Gas Consumers in IL
An estimated 22,838 industrial consumers use natural gas in Illinois, which is about 12.6% of the total number of industrial natural gas consumers in the United States. [2]
Industrial natural gas consumers in the state of Illinois (as a whole) pay approximately 1.6% more than the average residential natural gas rate in the United States overall. [1]
Alton (Illinois) is a city in Madison County with a population of approximately 27,865. [4]
Alton, IL Natural Gas
To learn more about natural gas rates in Alton, IL, or for more resources related to natural gas in Alton, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Did you know?
About half of the homes in the United States use natural gas as their main heating fuel.