Heating Oil Prices in Somerton, 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 10:22 am. We never show a rate you can’t actually get.
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Enter your ZIP — 19116 — and compare all dealers side by side.
Somerton is the top of the city — the last Philadelphia neighborhood before Bucks and Montgomery, on high ground above Byberry Road. It feels suburban rather than urban and always has: Mill-Rae, the hilltop house designed by Minerva Parker Nichols and used as a retreat by suffragists, is still standing here.
Neighborhoods we deliver to in Somerton
- Somerton
- the Far Northeast
- Byberry
How our trucks get here
Deliveries into Somerton run off Bustleton Avenue, Red Lion Road, Byberry Road, Roosevelt Boulevard, Philmont Avenue, Southampton Road, Trevose Avenue and Verree Road.
Little to flag. Lots are wide, drives are private and there is room to turn almost everywhere. Toward the county line a few properties sit well back from the road, which is the only case where the nearest crossroad helps.
Local landmarks
- Mill-Rae
- Benjamin Rush State Park
- the Bustleton Library
- Comly Elementary School
- Forest Hills station
Tanks in Somerton homes
Detached and semi-detached houses on generous lots, mostly 1950s through 1970s, with a handful of much older properties on the high ground. Basements are usual, driveways are universal, and tanks sit indoors — this is the easiest ground to deliver to in Philadelphia.
Somerton by the numbers
2.5%
of the 13,589 households in ZIP 19116 heat with oil — 343 homes.
- Population
- 33,421
- Households
- 13,589
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Median household income
- $68k
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 Somerton
Somerton is 343 of 13,589 households on oil, about 2.5%. It is worth knowing that this ZIP sits in the same zone as the Bucks County towns immediately over the line rather than being priced as inner-city Philadelphia — the truck reaches it on the same run, and the ladder reflects the drive rather than the postmark. 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 Somerton?
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.
ZIP codes covered around Somerton
19116
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Heating oil in Somerton — common questions
Do you deliver heating oil in Somerton, Philadelphia?+
Yes, to 19116, the northernmost part of the city. Bustleton to the south is 19115 and Parkwood to the east is 19154 — both also served.
Am I priced as Philadelphia or as the suburbs?+
Neither, exactly — 19116 is priced on its own, against what is quoted in 19116. It happens to sit in a close-in zone because the drive is short, which is what the zone measures.
How much oil heat is left in Somerton?+
343 of 13,589 occupied homes, about 2.5%. Most of the neighborhood was built with gas, and what still burns oil is scattered across the larger lots rather than concentrated.
My house sits well back from the road. Is that a problem?+
Rarely, but say so when you order. A few of the properties toward the county line have long private drives, and a loaded truck likes to know before it commits to one.
How little oil can I order in Somerton?+
100 gallons. Houses here tend to be bigger than the rowhouse stock further south, so orders often run well above it.
Also in Somerton: oil burner tune-ups, chimney cleaning and automatic delivery.