Propane Prices Near Me: How to Find Your Local Price Per Gallon

There is no single national "near me" propane price. What you pay locally depends on your state, your dealer, and your contract. Here is how to find your real local price per gallon, starting from the EIA data.

Why there is no single "near me" propane price

Propane is delivered by local dealers, not sold at a posted national rate, so the price is set market by market. The EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey publishes a US average ($2.674 per gallon for the week ending 30 March 2026) and a weekly average for each of the 38 states it surveys, but it does not publish a price for your town or zip code. Below the state level, the only accurate number is a live quote from a dealer who serves your address.

That is not evasion, it is how the market works. Two households a few miles apart can pay materially different per-gallon prices depending on delivery distance, dealer competition, tank ownership, delivery type, and annual usage. Use the state average as your anchor and the local quotes to find the real number.

Step 1: Start with your state average

Your state average is the closest public figure to a "near me" price. This site carries a page with the weekly EIA chart and regional context for every state EIA surveys. Pick yours:

See the full by-state table for all 38 states, each with a weekly chart and how the state compares with the national average.

Step 2: Understand the range within your state

Your state average blends every dealer, contract type, and region into one number, so your quote will sit somewhere around it, not exactly on it. The main things that move your local price above or below the state average:

• Delivery distance and dealer density. Rural areas far from a terminal, with few competing dealers, pay more. Areas with dense dealer competition or rural cooperatives pay less.
• Will-call vs automatic delivery. Automatic (keep-full) delivery is typically 3 to 6 cents per gallon cheaper than reactive will-call, because it lets the dealer route efficiently.
• Tank ownership. A leased tank bundles rental and service into the per-gallon price (roughly 5 to 12 cents per gallon); a customer-owned tank lowers the per-gallon price but transfers maintenance to you.
• Annual usage tier. Higher-volume households qualify for lower per-gallon tiers. Low-volume accounts can face a small minimum-usage surcharge.

Step 3: Get two or three local quotes

Once you know your state benchmark, call the dealers that serve your zip code and ask for a per-gallon quote for your expected annual volume. The spread across three quotes is commonly 10 to 25 cents per gallon, which on a 500-gallon annual usage is $50 to $125 a year, so it is worth the calls. Ask each dealer:

• The per-gallon price for your expected annual volume (a tier-based answer, not a single number).
• Whether the price is temperature-compensated (it should be).
• The tank lease fee, and whether it is itemised or in the per-gallon price.
• The minimum annual usage to avoid surcharges.
• Whether a summer pre-buy or price-cap option is available, and what it costs.

Finding propane prices by zip code

Searches like "local propane prices by zip code" are common, but no authoritative public source publishes a propane price at the zip level. EIA stops at the state weekly average and the broader PADD region. For a true zip-code price you need a live dealer quote. If you want a data-backed starting point, take your state average and adjust for the local factors above. The major national suppliers each publish general pricing context on their own terms:

• AmeriGas price per gallon
• Suburban Propane price per gallon
• Ferrellgas (and Blue Rhino) price per gallon
• Costco propane refill price per gallon

Propane prices near me: quick answers

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