# North Carolina propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.450/gal, wholesale $1.013/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 $3.450/gal, 1.7% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.450/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. North Carolina residential propane closed at $3.450/gal on Mar 30, 2026, up 1.7 cents from the prior week and 1.7% above the 4-year median. The EIA weekly survey runs October through March. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.450/gal | $3.392/gal | +1.7% | | Year over year | $3.450/gal | $3.440/gal | +0.3% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.450/gal | $3.406/gal | +1.3% | | Week over week | $3.450/gal | $3.433/gal | +0.5% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 257,374 | | Share of occupied homes | 6.0% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 4,282,345 | | National rank by propane share | #22 of 51 | ## About North Carolina propane prices North Carolina sits at the end of the Dixie pipeline, the line that carries Gulf Coast propane across the Southeast and terminates near Apex. A direct pipeline connection is unusual for an East Coast state, and it is the main reason supply here is steadier than in New England. Demand mixes rural home heating in the Piedmont and the mountains with poultry and turkey houses and the propane-fired barns that cure the state's flue-cured tobacco. This is a surveyed average rather than a quote. EIA polls a sample of North Carolina 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 also surveys a wholesale price for North Carolina, 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 6.0% of occupied North Carolina homes, around the middle of the state rankings. The regional numbers around this price are [Lower Atlantic propane prices](/region/padd1c) and [Lower Atlantic propane stocks](/stocks/padd1c), the inventory that has to cover the winter. 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 North Carolina survey price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in North Carolina? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for North Carolina right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in North Carolina is $1.013/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.450/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in North Carolina? Residential propane runs highest in the middle of the heating season, ordinarily January and February, and cheapest through the summer while [Lower Atlantic stocks](/stocks/padd1c) are building and nothing is drawing on them. The regional wrinkle is that Lower Atlantic winters are milder, so the seasonal rise is usually shallower here, though poultry brooders and tobacco curing pull volume in the fall ahead of any real cold. [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 North Carolina 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: North Carolina 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 North Carolina propane prices averaged $3.450/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/north-carolina Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/north-carolina