^ Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in Boston increased -9.83 percent. [Read More]
Natural Gas Usage in Boston
^ Boston residents used an estimated 1,939 million cubic feet of natural gas in January 2024. [Read More]
Natural Gas Customers in Boston
^ There are an estimated 168,854 residential natural gas customers in the city of Boston. [Read More]
Natural Gas Rates in Boston, MA
Residential Natural Gas Rates in Boston
Residential natural gas prices in Boston, MA (based on Massachusetts data) averaged $20.74 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. This average rate was approximately 75.5% more 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 Boston increased -9.83 percent, from $23.00 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $20.74 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]
*Prices listed as 0 (zero) are not available (N/A).
Industrial Natural Gas Rates in Boston
Boston, MA industrial natural gas prices in January 2024 (based on Massachusetts data) averaged $14.41 per thousand cubic feet, which was approximately 190.5% 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 Boston decreased 13.04 percent, from $16.57 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $14.41 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]
*Prices listed as 0 (zero) are not available (N/A).
Natural Gas Usage in Boston, MA
Boston Natural Gas Customers
An estimated 1,790,157 residential consumers use natural gas in Massachusetts, which is approximately 2.5% of the total number of residential natural gas consumers in the United States overall. [2]
Boston: There are an estimated 168,854 residential natural gas customers in the city of Boston. [3]
Residential Natural Gas Consumption in Boston
Residential natural gas usage in Massachusetts in January 2024 was 20,557 million cubic feet, or approximately 2.2% of the total residential consumption in the U.S. of 918,996 million cubic feet that month. [1]
Boston residents used an estimated 1,939 million cubic feet of natural gas in January 2024, or about 9 percent of the overall usage in Massachusetts that month. [3]
More Massachusetts Natural Gas Statistics
Massachusetts Industrial Natural Gas Consumers
Industrial Natural Gas Consumers in MA
An estimated 11,823 industrial consumers use natural gas in Massachusetts, which is about 6.5% of the total number of industrial natural gas consumers in the United States. [2]
Industrial natural gas consumers in the state of Massachusetts (as a whole) pay approximately 190.5% more than the average residential natural gas rate in the United States overall. [1]
Boston (Massachusetts) is a city in Suffolk County with a population of approximately 617,594. [4]
Boston, MA Natural Gas
To learn more about natural gas rates in Boston, MA, or for more resources related to natural gas in Boston, 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.