Cost to run a treadmill in Delaware (August 2026 rates)
At 18.70¢ per kilowatt-hour — Delaware's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $19.63 a year. That is 3% more than the national average of $19.07. Delaware's residential rate is up 11.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.69 to $19.63 a year.
- Per hour
- 13.1¢
- Per day of use
- 9.8¢
- Per month
- $1.64
- Per year
- $19.63
Assumption: 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year — 105 kWh a year. A residential motorized treadmill at a walking-to-jogging pace. Incline and heavier users push it higher. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Delaware compares
Delaware pays 18.70¢/kWh, the 19th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 56.7¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same treadmill costs $13.36 a year in Nevada and $49.54 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $36.18 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 17.20¢ | $1.50 | $18.06 |
| Virginia | 17.64¢ | $1.54 | $18.52 |
| Delaware | 18.70¢ | $1.64 | $19.63 |
| Illinois | 19.32¢ | $1.69 | $20.29 |
| Ohio | 19.38¢ | $1.70 | $20.35 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Delaware
Cutting the number down
- The console and its screen keep drawing when the belt is stopped. Unplugging between sessions removes a standby load.
Questions
- How much does a treadmill cost per month in Delaware?
- About $1.64 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 18.70¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a treadmill use?
- Roughly 105 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.70 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Delaware has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.