Heating Oil Prices in Princeton Junction, NJ
Today $5.42/gallon for 100 gallons, across 2 local dealers. Order online — no waiting for a callback to get a price.
Prices updated today at 5:53 am. We never show a rate you can’t actually get.
| Order | Per gallon | Dealers | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 gal (minimum) | $5.42 – $5.43 | 2 | from $542.00 |
| 150 gal | $5.42 – $5.43 | 2 | from $813.00 |
| 200 gal | $5.42 – $5.43 | 2 | from $1,084.00 |
| 300 gal | $5.42 – $5.43 | 2 | from $1,626.00 |
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Enter your ZIP — 08550 — and compare all dealers side by side.
Princeton Junction is the station and the township around it — West Windsor — and the station is the reason the place exists: it is where the Princeton branch meets the main line, and a great many people here bought the house for the platform. The ZIP also takes in Dutch Neck, Penns Neck and Grovers Mill, which is where Orson Welles landed the Martians in 1938.
Neighborhoods we deliver to in Princeton Junction
- Princeton Junction
- Dutch Neck
- Penns Neck
- Grovers Mill
- Princeton Colonial Park
- Sherbrook Estates
- Golf View Manor
How our trucks get here
Deliveries into Princeton Junction run off Alexander Road, Washington Road, Clarksville Road, Village Road West, Village Road East, Princeton-Hightstown Road, Old Trenton Road, Quaker Bridge Road and Canal Pointe Boulevard.
Little to flag beyond the obvious: the cul-de-sac developments have wide streets and driveways, and the older farm properties off Village Road and Grovers Mill Road have long ones. Naming the development as well as the street helps, because several roads here change name at the township line.
Local landmarks
- Princeton Junction station
- the Grovers Mill memorial
- Mercer County Park
- the First Presbyterian Church of Dutch Neck
- West Windsor Community Park
Tanks in Princeton Junction homes
Mostly large and mostly recent: colonials and center-hall houses from the 1970s onward on half-acre and acre lots, in developments laid out around cul-de-sacs. There are older farmhouses left at Dutch Neck and Grovers Mill, and those are where the oil mostly is. Newer houses that stayed on oil tend to have a 330 or a 550 rather than a 275, because they were built with the room for it.
Princeton Junction by the numbers
3.4%
of the 7,737 households in ZIP 08550 heat with oil — 265 homes.
- Population
- 20,876
- Households
- 7,737
- Land area
- 19.1 sq mi
- Median household income
- $207k
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 Princeton Junction
This is one of the wealthiest ZIPs we deliver to — a median household income of $206,658, roughly four times Trenton’s 08611 six miles away — and one of the least oil-heated, 265 of 7,737 households at 3.4%. Those two facts are the same fact: almost everything here was built after gas, and what still burns oil is the older stock that predates it. Orders are few but large, and a 550-gallon tank at the end of a long drive is a different job from a 275 in a rowhouse cellar. 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 Princeton Junction?
Order a dollar amount, a number of gallons, or ask for a fill — whichever way you actually think about it. You pay only for the gallons that actually go in, and if the tank takes less, your price per gallon doesn’t go up.
ZIP codes covered around Princeton Junction
08550
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Also serving West Windsor.
Heating oil in Princeton Junction — common questions
Do you deliver heating oil in Princeton Junction, NJ?+
Yes, to 08550, which is West Windsor Township — Princeton Junction, Dutch Neck, Penns Neck and Grovers Mill. Princeton itself is 08540 and 08542 and has its own page.
Is Princeton Junction the same place as Princeton?+
No, and it matters for pricing. Princeton Junction is in West Windsor Township, across Route 1 from Princeton, with its own ZIP code of 08550. Each ZIP is priced on what is actually quoted there, so the two can differ.
Will you fill a 550-gallon tank in Gladwyne?+
Not at all — larger tanks are common in 08550 and a bigger delivery is a cheaper one per gallon where the ladder rewards it. Order to fill rather than in installments and tell us the tank size so the driver brings enough.
Why is there so little oil heat in West Windsor?+
Because most of it was built after the gas main arrived: 265 of 7,737 homes burn oil, about 3.4%. What is left is concentrated in the older farmhouses around Dutch Neck and Grovers Mill rather than in the newer developments.
The drive is long and unpaved. Will a tanker come down it?+
Generally yes, with notice. Several of the older properties out toward Grovers Mill have drives of a few hundred feet; a full truck needs somewhere to turn at the end rather than reversing the whole way back out.
Also in Princeton Junction: oil burner tune-ups, chimney cleaning and automatic delivery.