WARREN — The average per-gallon price for gasoline across northeast Ohio is 1 cent lower this week at $2.06 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

In the Youngstown-Warren area, the average price is $2.03 per gallon and in Niles, $2.07 per gallon.

The average price in the region this time last year was $2.73 per gallon.

Across the U.S., the average is $2.18, which is 1 cent less than last week and the same price as a month ago, but 48 cents cheaper than mid-September last year.