Final-user natural gas price: residential: U.S. average (USD/thousand cubic feet) - United States - EIA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Final-user gas prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the average price of natural gas delivered to residential consumers was 26.45 USD per thousand cubic feet in July 2026, versus 24.09 in June. This marks a rise of 9.80 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the graph, there are 547 observations. The series covers the time span going from January 1981 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: the average price of natural gas delivered to residential consumers registered a minimum of 3.94 USD per thousand cubic feet in January 1981; it achieved a maximum of 26.45 USD per thousand cubic feet in July 2026; it had a mean value of 10.43 USD per thousand cubic feet.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/thousand cubic feet |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 19.7300 |
| 2026-06-30 | 24.0900 |
| 2026-07-31 | 26.4500 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | U.S. average price of natural gas delivered to residential consumers |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD/thousand cubic feet |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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