# Tennessee propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.248/gal, wholesale $1.179/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 $3.248/gal, 0% below the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.248/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Tennessee residential propane was $3.248/gal and wholesale $1.179/gal on Mar 30, 2026, at the 4-year median. The EIA survey runs October through March. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.248/gal | $3.250/gal | -0.0% | | Year over year | $3.248/gal | $3.273/gal | -0.8% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.248/gal | $3.232/gal | +0.5% | | Week over week | $3.248/gal | $3.249/gal | -0.0% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 101,220 | | Share of occupied homes | 3.6% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 2,824,277 | | National rank by propane share | #37 of 51 | ## About Tennessee propane prices EIA groups Tennessee with the Midwest for propane reporting even though its weather and much of its supply lean south. Demand sits in the rural counties across the state, in the mountains east of Knoxville and the farm country west of Nashville. Supply comes off Gulf Coast pipelines and river terminals. Milder winters mean the seasonal draw here is shallower than in the states EIA files it alongside. The figure above is EIA's weekly survey average for Tennessee, 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. The second line on the chart is the wholesale price Tennessee dealers pay at the rack. What separates the two lines is the cost of getting a gallon into a tank behind a house, which is delivery, tank service and dealer margin together, not margin alone. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 3.6% of occupied Tennessee homes, below the national middle. Tennessee reports into EIA's Midwest district, so the wider read is [Midwest propane prices](/region/padd2) and the [Midwest inventory](/stocks/padd2) behind them. Turning this price into a fill cost takes a tank size and a gauge reading; the [propane usage calculator](/tools/propane-usage-calculator) does that arithmetic and prefills the Tennessee price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Tennessee? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Tennessee right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in Tennessee is $1.179/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.248/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Tennessee? 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 Tennessee 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: Tennessee 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 Tennessee propane prices averaged $3.248/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/tennessee Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/tennessee