{"id":198581,"date":"2025-10-20T20:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=198581"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:33:25","slug":"gas-prices-rise-in-ohio-and-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/gas-prices-rise-in-ohio-and-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices rise in Ohio and locally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Average gasoline prices in Ohio have risen 17.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.93 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,345 stations in Ohio. Prices in Ohio are 10.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 2.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 3.7 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.591 per gallon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Ohio was priced at $2.25 per gallon on Sunday while the most expensive was $3.49 per gallon, a difference of $1.24 per gallon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gas at the Sunoco station on N. Washington was $2.69 early Monday afternoon. By the evening, it was $2.89 per gallon. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Prices jumped substantially, in some cases by 40 cents per gallon at some Van Wert gas stations on Monday. By the evening, prices ranged from $2.65 per gallon at Murphy USA to $3.09 at several stations in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national average is down 19.3 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 15.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGas prices have finally fallen below $3 per gallon nationally \u2013 the earliest date we’ve seen a $2.99 national average since 2020, when COVID was the primary driver of low prices,\u201d said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. \u201cOPEC+ deserves much of the credit for this trend, having steadily raised oil production for much of 2025. Currently, 35 states have average gas prices below $2.99 per gallon, and GasBuddy even recorded the first $1.99 cash price at a station in Evans, Colorado, with stations in Oklahoma and Texas not far behind. Barring any major disruptions, gas prices are likely to remain slightly below year-ago levels and could stay under $3 for much of the next few months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical gasoline prices in Ohio and the national average going back ten years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2024: $2.96\/g (U.S. Average: $3.13\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2023: $3.25\/g (U.S. Average: $3.53\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2022: $3.70\/g (U.S. Average: $3.82\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2021: $3.22\/g (U.S. Average: $3.35\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2020: $2.02\/g (U.S. Average: $2.15\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2019: $2.56\/g (U.S. Average: $2.63\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2018: $2.59\/g (U.S. Average: $2.84\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2017: $2.34\/g (U.S. Average: $2.45\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2016: $2.07\/g (U.S. Average: $2.22\/g)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20, 2015: $2.26\/g (U.S. Average: $2.24\/g)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information Average gasoline prices in Ohio have risen 17.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.93 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,345 stations in Ohio. Prices in Ohio are 10.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 2.7 cents per gallon lower than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 05:25:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198583,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198581\/revisions\/198583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}