# Wisconsin propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $2.066/gal, wholesale $0.994/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 $2.066/gal, 1.4% below the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $2.066/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Wisconsin residential propane closed the season at $2.066/gal on March 30, 1.4% below the 4-year median. The EIA price survey runs October through March; readings resume in October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $2.066/gal | $2.095/gal | -1.4% | | Year over year | $2.066/gal | $2.030/gal | +1.8% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $2.066/gal | $2.062/gal | +0.2% | | Week over week | $2.066/gal | $2.069/gal | -0.1% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 292,722 | | Share of occupied homes | 11.8% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 2,479,480 | | National rank by propane share | #8 of 51 | ## About Wisconsin propane prices Wisconsin combines a long heating season with a heavy fall grain drying load, and it was one of the states that ran short in the winter of 2013-14. Propane heats a high share of homes across the northern and western counties where the mains thin out. Supply comes by pipeline and rail from the Gulf Coast and the Midwest system, with in-state storage and terminals carrying the peak. When the upper Midwest tightens, Wisconsin dealers feel it at the same time Minnesota's do. The figure above is EIA's weekly survey average for Wisconsin, 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. EIA also surveys a wholesale price for Wisconsin, 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 11.8% of occupied Wisconsin homes, well above the national middle. That is a large block of homes to keep supplied through a cold January. 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. 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 Wisconsin price. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Wisconsin? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Wisconsin right now. The wholesale (rack) price dealers pay in Wisconsin is $0.994/gal a gallon as of Mar 30, 2026, and the last surveyed residential price was $2.066/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Wisconsin? 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 Wisconsin 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: Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin propane prices averaged $2.066/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/wisconsin Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/wisconsin