Energy burden, bills as a share of income
Combined electric + gas bill as a percentage of median household income. Energy-assistance practice commonly treats 3% as elevated and 6% as severe. Those thresholds are the marked legend breaks.
Income vs. annual energy cost
What would the typical bill mean for your budget,
Pick a state and enter a yearly income to see what the typical bill would mean for that budget. Assistance practice treats 3% of income as elevated and 6% as severe. Nothing you enter leaves the page.
The burden shown here is the statewide average residential electric and gas bill (see the Bills tab) as a share of ACS median household income. It assumes a household with both services at statewide-average usage. Actual burden is higher for low-income households, who typically pay a similar bill out of a smaller income. 2020 income uses the ACS 5-year estimate (no 1-year release).