--- title: Gas Is Back Below $2 in These 3 States description: Gas prices around the country have decreased for four weeks straight, leading to sub-$2 prices in three states. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-09-14T20:06:48.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T06:48:18.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - Autos - driving - Gas - Gas prices - Oil word_count: 273 canonical: https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![gas pump](https://img.money.com/2015/09/150915_em_gaspricesbelow2.jpg?crop=0px%2C281px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) As predicted a few weeks ago, the era of sub-$2 gas prices has returned to certain parts of the country. According to the latest [Fuel Gauge Report from AAA](http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/average-gas-prices-fall-below-2-in-three-states/), the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline recently dipped below the $2 mark in three states: South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama. Average prices for the nation as a whole have dropped for four weeks straight, hitting $2.33 as of Monday, down from [$2.77 in mid-July](https://money.com/gas-prices-increase-california/) and $3.40 per gallon one year ago at this time. The next states that will drop below the $2 mark will most likely be Louisiana, Tennessee, New Jersey, Arkansas, and Virginia, which are all averaging under $2.10 right now. [GasBuddy](https://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/National-Average-Falls-Into-Fall/1715-624813-3285.aspx) noted that drivers in some states are experiencing some especially large savings at the pump compared to last fall. Average prices are at least $1.20 per gallon cheaper right now than they were one year ago in Indiana, Hawaii, Michigan, and Connecticut. Meanwhile, more than 50% of all gas stations around the country are charging $2.25 or less per gallon, and GasBuddy is forecasting that prices will drop another 10¢ to 25¢ per gallon in the near future, as gas stations switch to cheaper winter blends of gasoline. If anyone's as happy as drivers are with plummeting gas prices, it's the malls and stores that stand to benefit from consumers having some extra disposable income around this time of year. After all, many industry observers were excited about the possibility of consumers doing more holiday shopping roughly one year ago—back when it was a big deal that [gas prices dropped below the *$3 mark*](https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-holiday-sales/) at gas stations. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Budgeting", "item": "https://money.com/budgeting/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Gas Is Back Below $2 in These 3 States" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/", "name": "Gas Is Back Below $2 in These 3 States", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-09-14T20:06:48.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:48:18.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Gas Is Back Below $2 in These 3 States", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/09/150915_em_gaspricesbelow2.jpg?crop=0px%2C281px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "150915_EM_GasPricesBelow2" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-09-14T20:06:48.000Z", "description": "Gas prices around the country have decreased for four weeks straight, leading to sub-$2 prices in three states.", "abstract": "Gas prices around the country have decreased for four weeks straight, leading to sub-$2 prices in three states.", "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-2-per-gallon/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:48:18.000Z", "wordCount": 273, "keywords": [ "Autos", "driving", "Gas", "Gas prices", "Oil" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Personal finance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_finance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Budget", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget" ] } ] } ] } ```