Propane Price Per Gallon: $2.674 Residential (Latest EIA Survey)
Tracking the US residential propane price per gallon, weekly, from the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey. Built for homeowners deciding when to top up, not for traders. The chart is the answer.
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Where the propane price per gallon stands now
For the week ending 30 March 2026, the US average residential propane price was $2.674 per gallon, the final reading of the 2025-2026 heating season under the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey. The week-on-week move was -0.4c per gallon. Compared with the same week of 2025, residential propane is -0.6% (EIA).
Across the full October-to-March heating season, the US average rose from $2.417 in the first week of October to $2.674 at the end of March, an increase of +25.7c cents per gallon. EIA does not survey residential prices April through September; when the survey reopens in October, the opening reading has been the cheapest published figure of the season in 7 of the last 12 years (see the 5-season overlay).
The Mont Belvieu wholesale spot price was around $0.835 per gallon for the same week (EIA daily series). The residential-to-wholesale spread is $1.84 per gallon: that spread covers pipeline transport, regional terminal storage, tanker truck delivery, distributor margin, tank rental amortisation, and the seasonality risk premium. We break the spread down at Wholesale vs retail.
Current propane price: quick answers
What is the current propane price per gallon?
The most recent US average residential propane price is $2.674 per gallon, for the week ending 30 March 2026 (EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey). EIA surveys residential propane only from October through March, so this is the latest published weekly reading; the next weekly update is expected October 7, 2026. The freshest price signal year-round is the Mont Belvieu wholesale spot, which closed at $0.726 per gallon on July 20, 2026.
What is the current price of LP gas today?
LP gas (liquefied petroleum gas) used for home heating is propane, so the price is the same figure. The latest US residential average is $2.674 per gallon (EIA, week ending 30 March 2026). Your delivered price depends on your state, supplier, tank ownership, and contract type: in the latest survey, state averages ran from $1.642 (Nebraska) to $4.706 (Florida).
What is the price of propane per gallon today?
The latest published US residential average is $2.674 per gallon (EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey, week ending 30 March 2026). EIA does not publish a new residential figure between April and early October, so that reading stands through the summer; the freshest daily signal is the Mont Belvieu wholesale spot, $0.726 per gallon on July 20, 2026. For deciding whether today is a good day to buy: summer through early autumn is historically the seasonal trough, and dealers widely offer summer-fill pricing from July through September, before the survey reopens (expected October 7, 2026). The five-year seasonal overlay is on our seasonal patterns page.
Why does the propane price shown here not change every day?
The headline residential figure comes from the EIA weekly survey, which runs only October through March. From the end of March to early October there is no new residential reading, so the last published value ($2.674, week ending 30 March 2026) stands until the survey reopens (expected October 7, 2026). The Mont Belvieu wholesale spot price shown alongside it does update through the off-season and is the best read on where retail prices are heading into autumn.
How does today's propane price compare with a year ago?
For the week ending 30 March 2026, US residential propane was $2.674 per gallon, down 0.6% versus the same week of 2025, and above the 5-year seasonal average of $2.580 per gallon by 3.7% (EIA).
Where is propane cheapest and most expensive right now?
In the latest EIA weekly survey (week ending 30 March 2026), the lowest state average was Nebraska at $1.642 per gallon and the highest was Florida at $4.706 per gallon, against the US average of $2.674. The by-state table below lists all 38 states EIA publishes weekly.
Propane price per gallon by state
This site carries a per-state page for every one of the 38 states the EIA survey publishes weekly, listed below. Prices across the covered states range from $1.642 (Nebraska, the lowest in the survey thanks to rural-cooperative density and Conway hub access) to $4.706 (Florida, where long-haul coastal supply and limited heating-season volume raise the delivered cost).
| State | Latest ($/gal) | PADD | vs national | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | $2.989 | PADD 3 | +0.31 | chart |
| Ohio | $2.695 | PADD 2 | +0.02 | chart |
| Michigan | $2.370 | PADD 2 | -0.30 | chart |
| North Carolina | $3.450 | PADD 1C | +0.78 | chart |
| Iowa | $1.660 | PADD 2 | -1.01 | chart |
| Pennsylvania | $3.083 | PADD 1B | +0.41 | chart |
| Kentucky | $2.936 | PADD 2 | +0.26 | chart |
| Wisconsin | $2.066 | PADD 2 | -0.61 | chart |
| New York | $3.747 | PADD 1B | +1.07 | chart |
| Massachusetts | $3.649 | PADD 1A | +0.98 | chart |
| Indiana | $2.634 | PADD 2 | -0.04 | chart |
| Illinois | $2.026 | PADD 2 | -0.65 | chart |
| Minnesota | $2.056 | PADD 2 | -0.62 | chart |
| Maine | $3.523 | PADD 1A | +0.85 | chart |
| Alabama | $3.516 | PADD 3 | +0.84 | chart |
| Arkansas | $2.367 | PADD 3 | -0.31 | chart |
| Colorado | $2.302 | PADD 4 | -0.37 | chart |
| Connecticut | $4.116 | PADD 1A | +1.44 | chart |
| Delaware | $3.731 | PADD 1B | +1.06 | chart |
| Florida | $4.706 | PADD 1C | +2.03 | chart |
| Georgia | $3.164 | PADD 1C | +0.49 | chart |
| Idaho | $2.397 | PADD 4 | -0.28 | chart |
| Kansas | $1.977 | PADD 2 | -0.70 | chart |
| Maryland | $3.741 | PADD 1B | +1.07 | chart |
| Missouri | $2.209 | PADD 2 | -0.46 | chart |
| Mississippi | $3.052 | PADD 3 | +0.38 | chart |
| Montana | $2.121 | PADD 4 | -0.55 | chart |
| North Dakota | $1.700 | PADD 2 | -0.97 | chart |
| Nebraska | $1.642 | PADD 2 | -1.03 | chart |
| New Hampshire | $3.780 | PADD 1A | +1.11 | chart |
| New Jersey | $3.821 | PADD 1B | +1.15 | chart |
| Oklahoma | $2.272 | PADD 2 | -0.40 | chart |
| Rhode Island | $3.757 | PADD 1A | +1.08 | chart |
| South Dakota | $1.840 | PADD 2 | -0.83 | chart |
| Tennessee | $3.248 | PADD 2 | +0.57 | chart |
| Utah | $2.337 | PADD 4 | -0.34 | chart |
| Virginia | $3.565 | PADD 1C | +0.89 | chart |
| Vermont | $3.733 | PADD 1A | +1.06 | chart |
State series: e.g. Texas W_EPLLPA_PRS_STX_DPG. Where state-level weekly figures are unavailable in the off-season, state pages fall back to the regional PADD figure with a note in the chart caption.
This year vs the last five years
The 2025-2026 heating season tracked below the 5-year average for most of the winter, then crossed above it after the late-January acceleration and held there to the survey close. Across the published EIA archive, residential propane usually peaks in January or February, and the October survey open is the cheapest published reading in most years, with year-to-year amplitude varying by winter severity and regional inventory. The 5-season overlay chart on /seasonal-patterns/ shows the shape directly.
Forecast
The EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is the only forecast quoted on this site. After the US and Iran signed a memorandum on 18 June 2026 that reopened the Strait of Hormuz, the July 2026 STEO cut its Brent crude forecast to about $82 per barrel in 2026 (about $74 in the third quarter) and $65 in 2027. EIA does not publish a residential propane price forecast for next winter until the October Winter Fuels Outlook, and with crude now easing the main upside risk into autumn has faded. We do not invent forecasts; the page at /forecast/ quotes STEO with the issue date.
Why is residential propane so much higher than wholesale?
The current spread between the US residential average ($2.674) and Mont Belvieu wholesale spot ($0.835) is $1.84 per gallon. That gap covers pipeline transport, regional terminal storage, tanker truck delivery, local distributor margin, tank rental amortisation, the seasonality risk premium, and regulatory fees. Mont Belvieu is the NGL spot benchmark, not the price any homeowner can transact at; OPIS publishes the daily reference quote. Full breakdown at Wholesale vs retail.
Methodology
This site refreshes from the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey every Wednesday afternoon during the heating season (October through March), and from the EIA Mont Belvieu daily spot series year-round (EIA publishes no residential survey April through September). The refresh script is documented at /methodology/. Every interpretive paragraph cites EIA, FRED, OPIS, NPGA, USDA, or a state agency, with a date.
Related pages on this site
Market structure
- Mont Belvieu spot price: today's benchmark
- Wholesale propane price per gallon
- Wholesale vs retail: the spread, broken down
- How LPG exports move the propane price
- HD-5 propane specification and price
By cohort and use case
- Residential heating propane price
- Commercial vs residential
- Agricultural propane price
- Restaurant propane price
- Forklift propane price and 33lb cylinder
- Autogas (propane) price for fleets
- Camping propane price (1lb and 20lb)
By supplier, season, and year
- AmeriGas propane price · Suburban · Ferrellgas · Blue Rhino · Costco
- Winter propane price 2025-2026 · Summer (off-season buying) · Pre-buy vs will-call contracts
- 2026 year tracker · History 2014-2026 · Polar vortex 2014
BTU-equivalent comparisons
- BTU per gallon of propane (91,452 BTU/gal)
- Propane vs natural gas: price per BTU
- Propane vs heating oil: price per BTU
- Propane vs electricity: cost per BTU
Reference
- Average propane price per gallon (by year and state)
- Cost of propane per gallon (and what a full tank costs)
- Propane price per gallon by state
- Propane prices near me: find your local price
- Seasonal patterns: when prices rise and fall
- 5-year price chart
- EIA STEO forecast
- How prices are set
- FAQ · Glossary · Methodology
For household cost estimation
PropanePricePerGallon.com tracks the market price. For household budget calculation including tank size, climate zone, annual gallons used, and fills needed across the heating season, our sister site propanecostpergallon.com runs the cost calculator. This is the differentiation contract: the two sites are halves of one decision tree.