# Ohio propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $2.695/gal, wholesale $1.122/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 $2.695/gal, 0.8% below the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $2.695/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Ohio residential propane closed the 2025-26 heating season at $2.695/gal on Mar 30, 0.8% below the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly survey pauses after March and resumes in October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $2.695/gal | $2.716/gal | -0.8% | | Year over year | $2.695/gal | $2.731/gal | -1.3% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $2.695/gal | $2.715/gal | -0.7% | | Week over week | $2.695/gal | $2.699/gal | -0.1% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 274,581 | | Share of occupied homes | 5.6% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 4,863,191 | | National rank by propane share | #24 of 51 | ## About Ohio propane prices Ohio produces propane now. Utica shale processing and fractionation in the eastern counties strip natural gas liquids out of the gas stream, and the state has refinery output as well, which puts supply closer to Ohio's customers than to most of the Midwest's. Demand is rural home heating across the Appalachian counties and the farm belt, plus grain drying in a wet fall. This is a surveyed average rather than a quote. EIA polls a sample of Ohio 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 Ohio, 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 5.6% of occupied Ohio homes, around the middle of the state rankings. The regional numbers around this price are [Midwest propane prices](/region/padd2) and [Midwest propane stocks](/stocks/padd2), 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 Ohio survey price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Ohio? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Ohio right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in Ohio is $1.122/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $2.695/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Ohio? Residential propane runs highest in the middle of the heating season, ordinarily January and February, and cheapest through the summer while [Midwest stocks](/stocks/padd2) are building and nothing is drawing on them. 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](/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 Ohio 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: Ohio 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 Ohio propane prices averaged $2.695/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/ohio Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/ohio