Propane Price Per Gallon (Week of 30 March 2026)
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.
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 +2.0% (EIA).
Across the full October-to-March heating season, the US average rose from $2.471 in the first week of October to $2.674 at the end of March, an increase of +20.3c cents per gallon. The seasonal trough through summer typically pulls the national average back below the October starting figure by August or September, a pattern visible across every year of the EIA monthly archive (see the 5-year overlay).
The Mont Belvieu wholesale spot price was around $0.788 per gallon for the same week (EIA daily series). The residential-to-wholesale spread is $1.89 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.
Propane price per gallon by state
The eight states below are the highest-volume residential propane states in the EIA survey. State-level prices range from $1.66 (Iowa, the lowest in the country thanks to rural-cooperative density and Conway hub access) to $3.45 (North Carolina, where rural distribution distances and pipeline-end supply raise the retail spread).
| State | Latest ($/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 |
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 above the 5-year average through the December cold snap, eased back in early January, then climbed gradually through March. Across the EIA monthly archive, residential propane peaks in late January or February and troughs in late August or early September, with year-to-year amplitude varying by winter severity and regional inventory. The 5-year 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. The most recent STEO forecasts the 2026-2027 winter residential propane price near the 2025-2026 average, with the familiar caveat that cold-snap surges, supply disruptions, and crude shocks are not built into the central case. We do not invent forecasts; the page at /forecast/ quotes STEO verbatim 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 ($0.788) is $1.89 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 monthly residential series on the second Monday of each off-season month. 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
- Propane price chart, 5-year history
- Propane price per gallon by state
- Seasonal patterns: when prices rise and fall
- Wholesale vs retail: the spread, broken down
- Forecast (per EIA STEO)
- How propane prices are set: weather, inventory, crude, transport
- 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.