Heating Oil Prices in Doylestown, PA
Today $5.95/gallon for 100 gallons, across 2 local dealers. Order online — no waiting for a callback to get a price.
Prices updated today at 2:22 am. We never show a rate you can’t actually get.
See every price for Doylestown
Enter your ZIP — 18901 — and compare all dealers side by side.
Doylestown is the county seat, and the only place in Bucks where the courthouse, the hospital and the end of the SEPTA line are all within a walk of each other. It is also a serious oil town: 3,278 of its 10,946 households heat with oil, close to one in three.
Neighborhoods we deliver to in Doylestown
- Castle Valley
- Pine Run
- Bridge Point
- Pools Corner
- Tradesville
- Edison
- Forest Park
How our trucks get here
Deliveries into Doylestown run off York Road (Route 611), Easton Road, Route 202, Lower State Road, Ferry Road and Turk Road.
Borough streets are narrow and parked both sides, and several run one-way. A driver who has to reverse a loaded truck out of a block has lost the stop.
Local landmarks
- the Mercer Museum
- Doylestown Hospital
- the Bucks County Courthouse
- Peace Valley Reservoir
- the SEPTA Doylestown station
Tanks in Doylestown homes
Doylestown is two housing stocks under one name. The borough is nineteenth-century — twins, brick rowhouses and big Victorians on East State and Court Streets, most with basement tanks reached through a hatch or an outside stair. Around it, the township runs to post-war and 1990s colonials on larger lots, where the tank is more often in a garage or outside. At 521 households per square mile it is denser than it feels from the car.
Doylestown by the numbers
29.9%
of the 10,946 households in ZIP 18901 heat with oil — 3,278 homes.
- Population
- 28,477
- Households
- 10,946
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- Median household income
- $115k
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 Doylestown
Doylestown is the largest oil market in upper Bucks by a wide margin — 3,278 oil-heated homes, more than Chalfont and New Hope combined. That matters to you as a buyer, because dealers compete hardest where the stops are dense, and a full day of Doylestown deliveries is a route worth winning. Order sizes here skew large: the older borough houses hold 275s, but township colonials frequently carry 330s and take a bigger fill. 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 Doylestown?
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 Doylestown — common questions
Do you deliver heating oil in Doylestown Borough as well as the township?+
Yes, both. 18901 covers the borough and a large ring of Doylestown Township around it, plus the edges of New Britain and Buckingham, and every one of those addresses is served.
How many homes in Doylestown use heating oil?+
3,278 of 10,946 occupied homes, or 29.9%. That is more than twice the 14.0% average across our delivery area, and the largest concentration of oil heat anywhere in upper Bucks.
Can a fuel truck get down Doylestown’s borough streets?+
Yes, but tell us anything awkward when you order — a one-way block, permit parking that fills by evening, or a fill pipe on the far side of a shared drive. That note goes to the driver and it is the difference between a delivery and a second trip.
My tank is in the basement of an old borough house. Is that a problem?+
No. It is the normal arrangement here. What matters is that the driver can reach the fill pipe outside and that the vent whistle sounds — on a tank that old the whistle is the only thing telling him when to stop.
Is same-day delivery available in Doylestown?+
Often, if you order before the cutoff and a dealer covering 18901 still has room that day. It shows as a live badge on the page rather than a standing promise, because it stops being true once the cutoff passes.
What size tank do most Doylestown houses have?+
A 275 in the older borough houses, and a 275 or 330 in the township. If you are not sure, tell us at checkout and we size the fill to the gauge reading rather than guessing.
Why is oil heat still so common here when Doylestown has gas?+
Gas mains follow the main roads and the newer developments. Plenty of borough houses and older township properties were never on the route, and a working oil system gives nobody a reason to pay to convert.
Do you serve Peace Valley and the New Britain side?+
Yes. 18901 reaches out past Peace Valley Reservoir toward New Britain and New Galena, and those addresses are covered on the same price as the rest of the ZIP.
Also in Doylestown: oil burner tune-ups, chimney cleaning and automatic delivery.