# Arkansas propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $2.367/gal. EIA weekly survey (October-March). _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Sep 2, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $2.367/gal, 4.9% below the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $2.367/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Arkansas residential propane closed the heating season at $2.367/gal on Mar 30, down 4.2 cents from the prior week. The price sits 4.9% below the 4-yr median. The weekly price survey resumes in October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $2.367/gal | $2.489/gal | -4.9% | | Year over year | $2.367/gal | $2.471/gal | -4.2% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $2.367/gal | $2.441/gal | -3.0% | | Week over week | $2.367/gal | $2.409/gal | -1.7% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 73,754 | | Share of occupied homes | 6.1% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 1,205,987 | | National rank by propane share | #21 of 51 | ## About Arkansas propane prices Arkansas heats a higher share of its homes with propane than most of the South, and much of that demand sits in the Ozarks and the Delta counties where natural gas mains never reached. Poultry adds a second, non-residential load: broiler houses in the northwest corner run propane brooders through cold weather. Barrels arrive by pipeline, rail and truck from Gulf Coast production and from gas processing in Louisiana and Texas. This is a surveyed average rather than a quote. EIA polls a sample of Arkansas propane dealers weekly through the October to March heating season and publishes the state figure Wednesday afternoon; the series then goes quiet until October. EIA publishes no wholesale price for Arkansas, so the chart carries the residential line alone. The wholesale series runs at the regional level instead, on the [Gulf Coast price page](/region/padd3). The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 6.1% of occupied Arkansas homes, around the middle of the state rankings. Arkansas reports into EIA's Gulf Coast district, so the wider read is [Gulf Coast propane prices](/region/padd3) and the [Gulf Coast inventory](/stocks/padd3) behind them. A price per gallon is not a delivery ticket. The [propane usage calculator](/tools/propane-usage-calculator) estimates gallons burned and what a fill costs at the current Arkansas survey price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Arkansas? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Arkansas right now. The [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) is the year-round wholesale benchmark, and the last surveyed residential price was $2.367/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Arkansas? Residential propane runs highest in the middle of the heating season, ordinarily January and February, and cheapest through the summer while [Gulf Coast stocks](/stocks/padd3) are building and nothing is drawing on them. The regional wrinkle is that the Gulf Coast is where most US propane originates, so retail here sits close to the hub and moves more on the Mont Belvieu price than on delivery cost. [Why propane prices rise in winter](/guides/why-propane-prices-rise-in-winter) has the mechanics. ### Why is there no wholesale propane price for Arkansas? EIA publishes no state-level wholesale (rack) price for Arkansas, so the chart above carries the residential line alone. The wholesale series runs at the regional level instead, on the [Gulf Coast price page](/region/padd3), and the [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) is the national wholesale benchmark. [How propane is priced](/guides/how-propane-is-priced) walks through the delivered-service stack that separates a rack gallon from a delivered one. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Residential retail propane price - Basis: Residential, retail - Geography: Arkansas propane prices - Unit: $/gal - Calculation period: Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season - Last observation: Mar 30, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly, Oct-Mar --- Cite: Residential propane in Arkansas propane prices averaged $2.367/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/arkansas Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/arkansas