# Pennsylvania propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.083/gal, wholesale $1.189/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 $3.083/gal, 3% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.083/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Pennsylvania residential propane was $3.083/gal on Mar 30, 2026, running +3.0% above the 4-year median. The price was up 0.9% on the week. The EIA weekly survey pauses until October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.083/gal | $2.994/gal | +3.0% | | Year over year | $3.083/gal | $3.035/gal | +1.6% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.083/gal | $3.043/gal | +1.3% | | Week over week | $3.083/gal | $3.057/gal | +0.9% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 268,994 | | Share of occupied homes | 5.1% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 5,274,853 | | National rank by propane share | #28 of 51 | ## About Pennsylvania propane prices Pennsylvania is a propane exporter. Marcellus and Utica gas processing produce far more natural gas liquids than the state burns, and the Mariner East pipelines carry propane, ethane and butane across Pennsylvania to Marcus Hook on the Delaware River, where cargoes load for overseas buyers. In-state demand is rural: the northern tier, the ridge and valley counties and the farm country, all outside the systems that serve Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Local production plus export pull makes the Pennsylvania price behave differently from its neighbors' in a tight winter. This is a surveyed average rather than a quote. EIA polls a sample of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 5.1% of occupied Pennsylvania homes, around the middle of the state rankings. 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. 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 Pennsylvania survey price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Pennsylvania? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Pennsylvania right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in Pennsylvania is $1.189/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.083/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Pennsylvania? 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 Pennsylvania 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: Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania propane prices averaged $3.083/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/pennsylvania Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/pennsylvania