State prices
Near normalTexas propane prices
Current residential price: $3.180/gal, wholesale $1.283/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
- Texas
- Unit
- $/gal
- Calculation
- Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season
- Last observation
- Oct 26, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly, Oct-Mar
Now $3.180/gal, 8.9% above the 5-yr median.
Texas propane topped $3.180/gal residential, up 1.4% on the week and 8.9% above the five-year median for the week ended October 26. Wholesale stands at $1.283/gal.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $3.180/gal | $3.137/gal | +1.4% |
| Year over year | $3.180/gal | $2.936/gal | +8.3% |
| vs 5-yr median | $3.180/gal | $2.921/gal | +8.9% |
| Heating season | Weeks | Average | Low (week) | High (week) | Wholesale average | vs Gulf Coast average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (so far) | 4 | $3.130/gal | $3.100/gal (Oct 12) | $3.180/gal (Oct 26) | $1.183/gal | +16.1 cents |
| 2025-26 | 26 | $2.939/gal | $2.913/gal (Feb 23) | $2.989/gal (Mar 30) | $0.911/gal | +5.1 cents |
| 2024-25 | 26 | $2.943/gal | $2.868/gal (Oct 21) | $3.028/gal (Jan 27) | $1.071/gal | +3.9 cents |
| 2023-24 | 26 | $2.895/gal | $2.840/gal (Oct 16) | $2.972/gal (Feb 19) | $0.965/gal | +11.1 cents |
| 2022-23 | 26 | $2.925/gal | $2.905/gal (Mar 20) | $2.951/gal (Oct 10) | $1.030/gal | -0.2 cents |
| 2021-22 | 26 | $2.958/gal | $2.826/gal (Oct 4) | $3.198/gal (Mar 21) | $1.471/gal | +3.9 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 Texas's residential price minus the Gulf Coast residential average over the same weeks, per gallon.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Homes heating with propane | 315,681 |
| Share of occupied homes | 2.9% |
| Occupied homes (all fuels) | 10,992,816 |
| National rank by propane share | #42 of 51 |
Previous weeks
Week of Oct 19, 2026
Texas residential propane stands at $3.137/gal, up 3.9 cents on the week and 7.1% above the 5-year median. Wholesale at Mont Belvieu reads $1.227/gal.
Week of Oct 12, 2026
Texas residential propane reads $3.100/gal as of October 12, essentially unchanged on the week. The price stands 6.9% above the five-year median and 6.0% above the year-ago level. The wholesale Mont Belvieu benchmark is $1.155/gal.
Week of Oct 5, 2026
Texas residential propane stands at $3.101/gal as of October 5, up 6.1% from a year ago. The price sits 8% above the 5-year median for the week. Wholesale at Mont Belvieu reads $1.068/gal.
Week of Mar 30, 2026
Texas residential propane reached $2.989/gal in the Mar 30, 2026 EIA survey, up 1.8 cents from the prior week. The price stands 0.6% above the 4-year median.
About Texas propane prices
Texas produces more propane than any other state and burns very little of it at home. Mont Belvieu, the salt-cavern hub that prices US propane and loads most of its exports, sits just east of Houston. The retail market EIA surveys is a different thing entirely: ranch houses and small towns across the Hill Country, West Texas and the Panhandle, far enough from a gas main to run on a tank and far enough from the coast that the delivered price carries real freight.
The price above comes from EIA's State Heating Oil and Propane Program, which surveys a sample of retail dealers in Texas once a week and publishes the state average on Wednesday afternoon. It runs October through March only, so nothing new prints between April and September. EIA also surveys a wholesale price for Texas, 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 2.9% of occupied Texas homes, below the national middle.
The regional numbers around this price are Gulf Coast propane prices and Gulf Coast propane stocks, the inventory that has to cover the winter. Estimate your fill cost with the propane usage calculator, which works from tank size, gauge reading and what the household burns.
Common questions
What is the current propane price in Texas?
Texas's residential propane price is $3.180/gal as of Oct 26, 2026, the latest reading in EIA's weekly heating-season survey, with the wholesale (rack) price at $1.283/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 Texas?
In EIA's weekly survey, which runs October through March, Texas's residential price set its season high in March in two of the last five heating seasons, October in one, January in one and February in one. The season low came in October in three of the last five heating seasons, February in one and March in one. From low to high the price moved an average of 15.7 cents a season, and the table above lists each season's high and low week. The regional wrinkle is that the Gulf Coast is where most US propane originates, so retail here sits close to the hub and moves more on the Mont Belvieu price than on delivery cost. Why propane prices rise in winter has the mechanics.
How does the Texas propane price compare with the Gulf Coast average?
Over the last five heating seasons, Texas's residential propane price averaged above the Gulf Coast average in four and below it in one. In the Oct 26, 2026 survey Texas was at $3.180/gal against $3.028/gal for the Gulf Coast average. The seasons table above gives the gap season by season, and Gulf Coast 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 Texas 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.