# Maryland propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.741/gal, wholesale $1.216/gal. EIA weekly survey (October-March). _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Aug 26, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $3.741/gal, 2.5% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.741/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Maryland residential propane sat at $3.741/gal on Mar 30, up 1.0 cent on the week, 2.5% above the 4-year median. The EIA weekly survey resumes in October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.741/gal | $3.651/gal | +2.5% | | Year over year | $3.741/gal | $3.703/gal | +1.0% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.741/gal | $3.710/gal | +0.8% | | Week over week | $3.741/gal | $3.731/gal | +0.3% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 89,557 | | Share of occupied homes | 3.8% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 2,362,928 | | National rank by propane share | #36 of 51 | ## About Maryland propane prices Maryland's propane demand sits at the two ends of the state, the Eastern Shore and the western mountain counties, with the Baltimore and Washington suburbs in between running mostly on natural gas. Delmarva poultry houses add a fall and winter load that does not track the thermostat the way homes do. Supply comes off Chesapeake and Delaware River terminals and the pipeline network that serves the mid-Atlantic. EIA builds this number by calling retail dealers in Maryland each week of the October to March heating season and averaging what they report, published Wednesday afternoon. The survey stops for the summer and picks back up in October. EIA also surveys a wholesale price for Maryland, plotted as the lower line. The distance between the two is the delivered-service stack, and it widens when the rack falls faster than dealers reprice. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 3.8% of occupied Maryland homes, below the national middle. The regional numbers around this price are [Central Atlantic propane prices](/region/padd1b) and [Central Atlantic propane stocks](/stocks/padd1b), the inventory that has to cover the winter. The [propane usage calculator](/tools/propane-usage-calculator) will estimate your fill cost at this price: gallons per burner-hour from an appliance's rating, gallons a year, and how long a tank of a given size lasts between deliveries. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Maryland? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Maryland right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in Maryland is $1.216/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.741/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Maryland? Residential propane runs highest in the middle of the heating season, ordinarily January and February, and cheapest through the summer while [Central Atlantic stocks](/stocks/padd1b) are building and nothing is drawing on them. The regional wrinkle is that the Central Atlantic carries the heaviest East Coast demand, concentrated upstate in New York and across rural Pennsylvania, and draws on Marcellus gas processing as well as Gulf Coast pipeline supply. [Why propane prices rise in winter](/guides/why-propane-prices-rise-in-winter) has the mechanics. ### What is the difference between the residential and wholesale price on this page? The residential price is what a Maryland household pays for a delivered gallon: the dealer's own cost plus trucking, tank service and margin. The wholesale price is that dealer cost at the rack, before any of it. The gap between the two is the delivered-service stack, and [how propane is priced](/guides/how-propane-is-priced) walks through each layer of it. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Residential retail propane price - Basis: Residential, retail - Geography: Maryland 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 Maryland propane prices averaged $3.741/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/maryland Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/maryland