Brr, It’s Cold in Here: This City in WA Costs the Most to Heat the House

Washington State is bracing for freezing winter weather warnings not unlike many other parts of the country. We've got weather alerts springing up in the Oregon Cascades, and scary snow outs shutting down interstates on I-90, to boot.

Bitingly cold temps in Washington means pipes will burst, HVACs will go kaput, car batteries will die, and people like me will jack up the thermostat in the house to 70. It shouldn't come as a shock that states that cost the most to heat up during the winter include the Midwest (Ohio, Missouri).

What is a shocker though, is which town in Washington is the most expensive city to heat a home in the winter.

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Washington Cities That Have the Highest Home Heating Costs

Surprisingly, Seattle, which uses Puget Sound Energy for electricity and gas, is not even in the top 10 most expensive cities to heat up a home in the wintertime. I would have thought they would be high up there in the report from HomeGnome.com-- considering Seattle is the most expensive place to live in Washington. But, nope!

Keep reading below to see the top five most expensive towns in Washington to heat up a home during the winter. The number one city doesn't truly come as a shocker to me!

If you want to live in a city in Washington State where the heating bills are the lowest (besides Seattle), try Redmond, Kirkland, Bellevue, Renton, and Vancouver. The most expensive cities are listed in the photo gallery below.

"We looked at average electricity and gas bills (adjusted to average monthly income), average home sizes, and weather conditions." - Home Gnome

Yakima is the number one city where it costs the most to heat up a house in the winter. I'm not surprised: my power bill always goes sky high during the month of January!

Seattle came in as the least expensive city to heat up the house, according to this report from HomeGnome.com! Seattle uses Puget Sound Energy for electricity and gas, while Yakima uses Pacific Power.