Heating Oil Prices in Trenton, NJ
Today $5.97/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.
| Order | Per gallon | Dealers | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 gal (minimum) | $5.97 – $6.00 | 2 | from $597.30 |
| 150 gal | $5.97 – $6.00 | 2 | from $895.95 |
| 200 gal | $5.97 – $6.00 | 2 | from $1,194.60 |
| 300 gal | $5.97 – $6.00 | 2 | from $1,791.90 |
See every price for Trenton
Enter your ZIP — 08608, 08611, 08629 — and compare all dealers side by side.
Trenton is three ZIP codes and three different delivery problems: the state offices and the Transit Center downtown, the tight rowhouse blocks of Chambersburg and South Trenton, and the porch-fronted streets running north from Brunswick Avenue. It is the largest place we deliver to in New Jersey and the one where the oil is least evenly spread.
Neighborhoods we deliver to in Trenton
- Chambersburg
- Mill Hill
- Berkeley Square
- Cadwalader Heights
- Glen Afton
- North Trenton
- East Trenton
- South Trenton
- The Island
- Hillcrest
- Lamberton
How our trucks get here
Deliveries into Trenton run off South Broad Street, Brunswick Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, Calhoun Street, North Olden Avenue, Parkside Avenue and the Trenton Freeway.
Street parking is the constraint, not distance — the truck needs somewhere legal to stand within hose reach, and on the numbered and alphabet streets that is not always in front of your own house. If your fill is off a rear alley, say so when you order.
Local landmarks
- the Battle Monument
- Trenton Transit Center
- the State House
Tanks in Trenton homes
Mostly brick and frame rowhouses two and three stories high, built between the 1880s and the 1920s for the potteries and the wire works, on lots narrow enough that neighbors share a wall. The tank is nearly always a 275 in the cellar, reached by an outside fill on the front or the alley side, and in the wards where houses were split into flats there can be two tanks and two thermostats behind one front door.
Trenton by the numbers
7%
of the 15,882 households in these ZIP codes heat with oil — 1,107 homes.
- Population
- 46,919
- Households
- 15,882
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Median income, by ZIP
- $51k–$81k
| ZIP | Households | On oil | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08608 | 560 | — | — |
| 08611 | 10,852 | — | — |
| 08629 | 4,470 | — | — |
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 Trenton
Trenton reads as a small oil market until you look at which part of it: 1,107 of 15,882 households across the three ZIPs, about seven percent. But downtown 08608 is 560 households and NONE of them burn oil, while 08629 in the east is nearly one home in twelve. The oil is in the old working wards, not the office blocks, which is why a city-wide figure understates what a driver actually finds here. Orders tend to be modest and repeat often — a cellar 275 in a rowhouse does not hold a winter. 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 Trenton?
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.
Heating oil in Trenton — common questions
Do you deliver heating oil in Trenton, NJ?+
Yes — to 08608, 08611 and 08629, which between them cover downtown, South Trenton and Chambersburg, and the East Trenton side. We do not serve every Trenton-addressed ZIP in Mercer County, so it is worth checking yours before you build an order.
What is the minimum order in Trenton?+
100 gallons. There is no 50-gallon tier anywhere in New Jersey — that band exists only in the Pennsylvania ZIPs where a competitor publishes one — so 100 gallons is the smallest delivery we can price here.
My rowhouse fill pipe is on the front wall, right on the pavement. Is that a problem?+
No. It is the normal arrangement across Chambersburg and South Trenton and the drivers work with it every day. The thing that actually slows a delivery down is nowhere for the truck to stop — tell us if your block is permit-parked or narrow and we will plan around it.
Why is Trenton priced differently from Levittown?+
Every New Jersey delivery starts with a bridge and a longer run before the first stop, so New Jersey carries its own zone offset. It is built into the ladder you see before you order, not added at the door.
The house is split into two flats with two tanks. Can I order for both?+
Order for each tank separately — the gallons go into one tank through one fill, and a single order split between two would leave the driver guessing. Two orders on the same day usually get made on the same visit.
Also in Trenton: oil burner tune-ups, chimney cleaning and automatic delivery.