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Gold to US Residential Electricity Ratio
The gold to us residential electricity ratio is 252.5 — Gold at $4,655.63 per Troy Ounce divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Gold to US Residential Electricity ratio
1.000 T.oz of gold = 252.475 kWh of us residential electricity
Inverse (ELEC-RES-US/XAU): 0.003961 — one Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity buys that much gold.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (67th percentile of the last 1 year)
Gold
$4,655.63
per Troy Ounce
US Residential Electricity
$18.44
per Kilowatt Hour
Unit basis: USD per Troy Ounce ÷ USD per Kilowatt Hour. The ratio reads as Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Troy Ounce of gold. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:21:54 GMT.
1Y average
257.2
median 250.4
1Y low
243.8
Dec 1, 2025
1Y high
285.6
Mar 1, 2026
Normal band
243.4–271.1
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.34σ
6 observations
Gold to US Residential Electricity ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the XAU/ELEC-RES-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Gold / US Residential Electricity price chart below.
XAU/ELEC-RES-US ratio line
How many kWh of US Residential Electricity one T.oz of Gold buys, over 1Y.
XAU/ELEC-RES-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the XAU/ELEC-RES-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Gold and US Residential Electricity prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the gold to us residential electricity ratio
Gold to US Residential Electricity ratio = Gold price per Troy Ounce ÷ US Residential Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Troy Ounce of gold — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $4,655.63 ÷ $18.44 = 252.5. The inverse is 0.003961.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4655.18 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.27 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.99 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.81 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1887.51 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1353.70 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the gold to us residential electricity ratio today?
The gold to us residential electricity ratio is 252.5 — Gold at $4,655.63 per Troy Ounce divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the gold to us residential electricity ratio?
Divide the gold price per Troy Ounce by the us residential electricity price per Kilowatt Hour. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Troy Ounce of gold.
What is the inverse of the gold to us residential electricity ratio?
The inverse, us residential electricity to gold, is 0.003961 — how many Troy Ounces of gold one Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity buys.