PEORIA, Ill. – Gas prices in the Peoria area didn’t move much in the last week.
AAA says its Peoria-Pekin metro area average price for a gallon of unleaded is at $3.65 — down just a half cent from this time a week ago.
Meantime, GasBuddy.com says its Peoria-area average fell 1.8 cents in the past week, to $3.59.
But there seems to be quite a variation in prices in the area, ranging from $3.15 to $4, according to GasBuddy. Many Peoria stations on Knoxville Avenue, for instance, range from $3.79 to $3.99, with gas prices much cheaper almost anywhere in Tazewell County.
GasBuddy has said in the past that can be due in part to taxes, but also due to a lack of diversification among gas station owners, and in part because of the number of suppliers that work with stations in this area, versus Chicago.
As for gas price trends, “As we unofficially start the summer driving season, the national average is likely to spend much of the summer in the range of $3.35-$3.85 per gallon, though it could go higher if unexpected refinery outages flare up, or we see a major hurricane or economic development,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis, GasBuddy, in a news release.
GasBuddy says Peoria-area prices are 21.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, and 119.9 cents a gallon lower than a year ago.
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