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Gas prices are 10 cents lower in Northeast Ohio this week at $3.873 per gallon, according to Monday's AAA East Central's Gas Price Report.
Gas prices remain the highest they've ever been for this time of year. Even though the national average dropped a penny this past week to $4.35, pump prices remain at record highs for autumn.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline Monday in Niles and Youngstown was $3.841 and $3.869, respectively. At this time in 2025, the average price in Northeast Ohio was $2.82.
This is the first year the national average has been above $4 per gallon in October. After dipping into the $80 per barrel range for several days, crude oil is back above $90 per barrel. Monday's national average is four cents more than a month ago and $1.27 more than a year ago.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased last week from 8.68 million barrels per day to 8.76 million. Total domestic gasoline supply increased slightly from 204.4 million barrels to 204.7 million. Gasoline production decreased from 9.46 million barrels per day to 9.34 million barrels.
As of midday Tuesday, West Texas Intermediate was at $94.56 per barrel. The EIA reports that U.S. crude oil inventories decreased 3.2 million barrels to 424.1 million barrels, 1% above the five-year average.
The nation's top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($6.31), Hawaii ($5.62), Washington ($5.45), Nevada ($5.45), Alaska ($5.03), Oregon ($5), Idaho ($4.89), Utah ($4.81), Arizona ($4.70) and Illinois ($4.70).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Georgia ($3.81), Texas ($3.82), Ohio ($3.87), Indiana ($3.91), North Carolina ($3.91), Mississippi ($3.93), Tennessee ($3.93), Louisiana ($3.93), Arkansas ($3.96) and Alabama ($3.97).
The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station went down one cent this past week to 41 cents. The nation's top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Hawaii (54 cents), West Virginia (52 cents), Louisiana (49 cents), Alaska (49 cents), California (47 cents), New Hampshire (46 cents), Arkansas (44 cents), North Dakota (44 cents), Wyoming (44 cents) and Arizona (44 cents).
The nation's top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (31 cents), Missouri (32 cents), Iowa (33 cents), Nebraska (34 cents), Maryland (35 cents), Utah (35 cents), South Dakota (35 cents), Vermont (35 cents), Minnesota (37 cents) and New Mexico (38 cents).
AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 69 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members.