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Water Heater Repair in Minnesota

Every one of the 59 Minnesota towns we route calls in leads on gas. That makes the fault list unusually predictable here — though not what is in your own house.

Answer first

Of the 59 towns covered in Minnesota, 59 lead on gas, and the weighted shares across them are 79% gas, 18% electricity and under 1% fuel oil. A gas heater and an electric one fail in almost entirely different ways.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040.

HeaterRelay is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no work, we sell no equipment, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.
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What Minnesota burns

Weighted across 1,248,840 occupied housing units in the areas we cover:

FuelShare of households
Gas — mains and bottled79%
Electricity18%
Fuel oil and keroseneunder 1%
Everything else2%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040 (house heating fuel), 2023 release. B25040 counts what heats the house, which predicts but does not measure what heats the water.

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The largest towns we route

TownLeads onShareHouseholds
MinneapolisGas77%473,285
Saint PaulGas76%326,812
BurnsvilleGas78%25,853
Eden PrairieGas84%25,439
HopkinsGas71%23,236
LakevilleGas88%21,891
AnokaGas83%19,715
ShakopeeGas84%17,610
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Checking a plumber in Minnesota

Minnesota licenses are issued by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. The Minnesota lookup also shows bond status and any enforcement action.

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Towns we route in Minnesota

Know the fuel and the symptom? That is most of the call.Gas and electric heaters fail in almost entirely different ways, so saying which you have gets you to the right person faster. We route the call and never charge you for it. Water heaters are what we write about; the number goes further.

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