ARDMORE, Okla. (KTEN) — We all like to feel warm inside our homes... but how warm is it for you?

Data from Today's Homeowner, a magazine keeping an eye on home trends, found that residents of the Sooner State and Lone Star State like to keep things nice and toasty.

"Texas, 71.1 degrees on average... Oklahoma was closer to the middle at 69.5 degrees on average," said researcher Shadi Bushra.

Data from Grayson County shows residents are more likely to turn their heat on when it gets below 50 degrees. And when they turn it on… it's on full blast.

"Texas was one of the states that preferred the warmest temperatures," Bushra said.

Oklahoma resident Connor Salinas prefers to wait a little bit to fire up the furnace.

"Just bundle up with warm blankets and jackets," he said.

If you do like to have the heat on, make some adjustments throughout the day instead of keeping it on around the clock.

"If you are keeping it consistently warm — as in not changing it according to the weather or according to the season — then you're probably pumping more air, more energy than you need to be doing," Bushra said.

But cranking the thermostat up when it's cold and moving it down when it's warm may not bee good for the appliance you rely on during a cold snap.

"If you're changing it so often that your furnace is working up or down a lot, then that will actually lead to less efficient energy use," Bushra said. "It will also lead to greater likelihood of breakdown."

So during frigid temperatures like this, make sure you ease your thermostat back to a normal temperature when the storm passes.