Gasoline prices falling but still high

INDIANA – Average gasoline prices in Indiana have fallen 9.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.09 a gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,271 stations in Indiana. Prices in Indiana are 18.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.30 a gallon higher than a year ago.

According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Indiana was priced at $3.53 a gallon Sunday while the most expensive was $4.69 a gallon, a difference of $1.16 a gallon.

Gas prices in Lawrence County range from $3.95 to $4.09 a gallon.

The national average price of gasoline has fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.17/g today. The national average is up 25.5 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands $1.31/g higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.

Historical gasoline prices in Indiana and the national average going back ten years:

  • April 4, 2021: $2.79/g (U.S. Average: $2.86/g)
  • April 4, 2020: $1.66/g (U.S. Average: $1.90/g)
  • April 4, 2019: $2.79/g (U.S. Average: $2.73/g)
  • April 4, 2018: $2.59/g (U.S. Average: $2.66/g)
  • April 4, 2017: $2.29/g (U.S. Average: $2.35/g)
  • April 4, 2016: $1.97/g (U.S. Average: $2.06/g)
  • April 4, 2015: $2.28/g (U.S. Average: $2.39/g)
  • April 4, 2014: $3.65/g (U.S. Average: $3.57/g)
  • April 4, 2013: $3.70/g (U.S. Average: $3.63/g)
  • April 4, 2012: $4.03/g (U.S. Average: $3.93/g)

Neighboring areas and their current gas prices:

  • Champaign- $4.39/g, down 2.0 cents per gallon from last week’s $4.41/g.
  • Indianapolis- $4.06/g, down 7.0 cents per gallon from last week’s $4.13/g.
  • Cincinnati- $3.94/g, down 3.8 cents per gallon from last week’s $3.98/g.
Patrick De Haan

“Oil prices fell last week as Covid cases in China surged, prompting restrictions on movements and hurting oil demand. Meanwhile, President Biden’s announcement that the U.S. would be releasing 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve caused an even further decline in oil, leading gas prices in nearly all areas of the country to fall over the last week,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “So long as oil prices remain under $100 per barrel and there are no escalations in Russia’s war on Ukraine, we may be poised to see gas prices decline again this week as the U.S. and other countries try to raise oil supply to tip prices lower.”

GasBuddy is the authoritative voice for gas prices and the only source for station-level data spanning nearly two decades. Unlike AAA’s once-daily survey and the Lundberg Survey, updated once every two weeks based on a small fraction of U.S. gasoline stations, GasBuddy’s survey is updated 288 times every day from the most diverse list of sources covering nearly 150,000 stations nationwide, the most comprehensive and up-to-date in the country. GasBuddy data is accessible at http://prices.GasBuddy.com.