Heating Oil Prices in Bristol, PA
Today $5.56/gallon for 100 gallons, across 2 local dealers. Order online — no waiting for a callback to get a price.
Prices updated today at 12:53 am. We never show a rate you can’t actually get.
See every price for Bristol
Enter your ZIP — 19007 — and compare all dealers side by side.
Bristol Borough is one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania, chartered in 1681, and it still sits right on the Delaware. The rowhouses off Mill Street and Radcliffe Street are a completely different heating problem from the townships around them, and worth knowing about before a truck turns up.
Neighborhoods we deliver to in Bristol
- Bristol Borough
- Historic Mill Street
- Radcliffe Street waterfront
- Bloomsdale
- Croydon
How our trucks get here
Deliveries into Bristol run off Interstate 95, US Route 13 (Bristol Pike), Route 413, Radcliffe Street and Otter Street.
Rowhouse fill pipes are frequently in a shared alley or off a rear yard rather than the street frontage, and parking on Mill and Radcliffe is tight — a note about where the pipe actually is saves a wasted stop.
Local landmarks
- the Bristol Riverside Theatre
- the King George II Inn on Radcliffe Street
- Silver Lake Park
- the Delaware Canal towpath
- Bristol station on the SEPTA Trenton Line
Tanks in Bristol homes
The borough is dense brick rowhomes, many of them nineteenth century, and a good number still heat with oil from basement tanks reached through a bulkhead or an alley. Outside the borough the stock opens up into post-war singles with more conventional basement or outdoor tanks.
Nearby: Silver Lake Nature Center and the Delaware River waterfront and Lions Park.
Bristol by the numbers
31.1%
of the 9,282 households in ZIP 19007 heat with oil — 2,887 homes.
- Population
- 22,585
- Households
- 9,282
- Land area
- 7.5 sq mi
- Median household income
- $67k
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, and the 2023 ZCTA Gazetteer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate postal ZIPs and don’t follow municipal boundaries, so these describe the ZIP rather than the borough or township exactly.
Buying heating oil in Bristol
Bristol is an old oil town and still a busy one. The borough rowhomes have burned oil for a century and many have never had a reason to change. Orders here run smaller and more often than in the townships, partly because the houses are smaller and partly because a rowhome basement tank is usually a 275 that fills quickly. Prices move daily with the wholesale rack, which is why the number above is today’s and not last week’s. Local dealers compete on this page, so the lowest price is always at the top — we don’t sell placement above a better price.
How much oil do you need in Bristol?
Order a dollar amount, a number of gallons, or ask for a fill — whichever way you actually think about it. Tell us your tank size and what the gauge reads and we’ll warn you before you pay if the tank won’t take it all. You’re charged only for the gallons that actually go in, and if it takes less, your price per gallon doesn’t go up.
Heating oil in Bristol — common questions
Can a truck reach a rowhome on Mill or Radcliffe Street?+
Almost always, but the fill pipe is often in a rear alley or shared yard rather than on the street frontage. Add a line at checkout saying where it is — that one sentence is the difference between a delivery and a wasted stop.
My tank is in the basement behind a bulkhead. Is that a problem?+
No. What matters is that the fill pipe is reachable and the vent whistle can be heard. If the vent alarm is not sounding, a driver will stop rather than risk an overfill — and that is worth fixing before winter.
Do you cover Croydon and Bloomsdale as well as the borough?+
Yes. 19007 covers Bristol Borough and the surrounding township, and Croydon has its own ZIP next door that we also serve. Enter your ZIP and you will see the dealers who actually come to your street.
Bristol homes are old. Does the age of my tank affect the price?+
No — the price per gallon is locked when you order, whatever the tank. Age only matters if the tank turns out not to be safe to fill, in which case you pay for nothing that did not go in.
Do you deliver to the waterfront and Radcliffe Street?+
Yes, including the older houses along Radcliffe and the streets running down to the river. Those properties often have the fill pipe on a side or rear elevation rather than the street frontage, so a note helps.
How much oil does a Bristol rowhome use?+
Less than a detached house, because the shared walls do real work. Many rowhomes run through 400 to 600 gallons a season on a 275-gallon tank, which usually means two or three fills between October and March.
Is a Bristol Township address the same as the borough?+
Not quite. Bristol Borough and Bristol Township are separate municipalities, but 19007 covers both and the same dealers deliver across them. Croydon and Bloomsdale next door are also served.
The house is Victorian and the tank looks original. Should I worry?+
It is worth a look before winter rather than during it. A tank that fails a driver's check means no delivery that day, and in an old Bristol basement that is usually a weeping seam or a vent alarm that no longer sounds. Both are fixable.
Nearby towns
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