State prices
Above normalNorth Dakota propane prices
Current residential price: $1.745/gal, wholesale $1.174/gal. EIA weekly survey (October-March).
Data through Oct 26, 2026 · source last checked Oct 31, 2026 · page revised Oct 29, 2026
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- Residential
- Wholesale
About this data
- Source
- EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey
- Series
- Residential retail propane price
- Basis
- Residential, retail
- Geography
- North Dakota
- Unit
- $/gal
- Calculation
- Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season
- Last observation
- Oct 26, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly, Oct-Mar
Now $1.745/gal, 12.2% above the 5-yr median.
North Dakota residential propane rose 9 cents on the week to $1.745/gal as of October 26, running 12.2% above the 5-yr median. Wholesale at that same date stood at $1.174/gal. Year over year, residential is up 13.0%.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $1.745/gal | $1.651/gal | +5.7% |
| Year over year | $1.745/gal | $1.544/gal | +13.0% |
| vs 5-yr median | $1.745/gal | $1.555/gal | +12.2% |
| Heating season | Weeks | Average | Low (week) | High (week) | Wholesale average | vs Midwest average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (so far) | 4 | $1.663/gal | $1.608/gal (Oct 5) | $1.745/gal (Oct 26) | $1.060/gal | -46.8 cents |
| 2025-26 | 26 | $1.630/gal | $1.435/gal (Oct 6) | $1.705/gal (Mar 9) | $0.807/gal | -43.8 cents |
| 2024-25 | 26 | $1.714/gal | $1.483/gal (Oct 7) | $1.911/gal (Feb 17) | $0.929/gal | -37.7 cents |
| 2023-24 | 26 | $1.671/gal | $1.474/gal (Oct 2) | $1.785/gal (Feb 5) | $0.835/gal | -34.5 cents |
| 2022-23 | 26 | $1.936/gal | $1.883/gal (Oct 10) | $1.974/gal (Jan 23) | $0.949/gal | -33.8 cents |
| 2021-22 | 26 | $2.080/gal | $1.861/gal (Oct 4) | $2.274/gal (Mar 14) | $1.392/gal | -32.8 cents |
Each season runs October through March. The average is the simple mean of that season's weekly readings, and the low and high name their survey week. The last column is North Dakota's residential price minus the Midwest residential average over the same weeks, per gallon.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Homes heating with propane | 44,689 |
| Share of occupied homes | 13.5% |
| Occupied homes (all fuels) | 331,063 |
| National rank by propane share | #5 of 51 |
Previous weeks
Week of Oct 19, 2026
North Dakota residential propane reached $1.651/gal as of October 19, up 0.2% on the week. The price sits 8% above the 5-year median and runs 9.5% above the year-ago reading of $1.508/gal. Wholesale traded at $1.143/gal.
Week of Oct 12, 2026
North Dakota residential propane stands at $1.647/gal through October 12, up 2.4% from the prior week and up 9.2% from a year ago. The price sits 6.9% above the five-year median.
Week of Oct 5, 2026
North Dakota residential propane stands at $1.608/gal, up 12.1% from a year prior and 8.4% above the 5-yr median. Wholesale reads $0.914/gal as of October 5, as heating season gets under way.
Week of Mar 30, 2026
North Dakota residential propane priced at $1.700/gal in the Mar 30, 2026 survey, up 0.5% from the prior week. The price held steady over four weeks and sits 11.3% below the 4-year median.
About North Dakota propane prices
North Dakota produces its own propane. Bakken associated gas runs through processing plants that strip out the natural gas liquids, which makes the state unusual in the Midwest: a supply source rather than only a destination. That has not made its winters easy. Propane heats a high share of North Dakota homes, the cold is severe and sustained, and the pipelines and rail loading that move Bakken barrels out compete for the same production.
The figure above is EIA's weekly survey average for North Dakota, collected from retail dealers during the October to March heating season and published Wednesday afternoons. No survey runs in the warm months, so the last spring reading stands until the fall. Two lines run on the chart because EIA surveys North Dakota dealers on both sides of the sale: what they pay at the rack and what they charge a residential customer. The lower line moves first, and the retail line follows it with a lag measured in weeks. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 13.5% of occupied North Dakota homes, the 5th highest share in the country. A hard winter is a bigger household event here than the national average suggests.
For context beyond one state, North Dakota sits in the Midwest district: regional prices and Midwest propane stocks. Turning this price into a fill cost takes a tank size and a gauge reading; the propane usage calculator does that arithmetic and prefills the North Dakota price.
Common questions
What is the current propane price in North Dakota?
North Dakota's residential propane price is $1.745/gal as of Oct 26, 2026, the latest reading in EIA's weekly heating-season survey, with the wholesale (rack) price at $1.174/gal on Oct 26, 2026. The chart above carries the full history and the table shows the week-over-week move.
When is propane most expensive in North Dakota?
In EIA's weekly survey, which runs October through March, North Dakota's residential price set its season high in February in two of the last five heating seasons, March in two and January in one. The season low came in October in each of the last five heating seasons. From low to high the price moved an average of 30.3 cents a season, and the table above lists each season's high and low week. The regional wrinkle is that the Midwest season starts before the thermostat does: propane fires grain dryers across the Corn Belt in October and November, and a wet harvest can pull volume hard weeks ahead of heating demand. Why propane prices rise in winter has the mechanics.
How does the North Dakota propane price compare with the Midwest average?
North Dakota's residential propane price averaged below the Midwest average in each of the last five heating seasons, by between 32.8 cents and 43.8 cents a gallon. In the Oct 26, 2026 survey North Dakota was at $1.745/gal against $2.199/gal for the Midwest average. The seasons table above gives the gap season by season, and Midwest propane prices carries the district's own chart.
What is the difference between the residential and wholesale price on this page?
The residential price is what a North Dakota 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 walks through each layer of it.