High Gas Prices
Ordered from most to least impacted by increased prices.
| Urban Area | Annual increase in gas cost - 2 driver family | Increase as pct of family net income | Gallons per day per driver | Incr in gas price - last 12 mos. |
| Birmingham AL | $2,420 | 5.91% | 3.29 | 67.6% |
| Nashville-Davidson TN | $2,359 | 5.07% | 3.27 | 65.4% |
| Atlanta GA | $2,326 | 4.74% | 3.41 | 64.5% |
| Raleigh-Durham NC | $2,318 | 4.55% | 2.96 | 70.8% |
| Washington DC-VA-MD | $2,255 | 3.78% | 2.63 | 71.7% |
| Orlando FL | $2,146 | 5.15% | 3.16 | 59.8% |
| Charlotte NC-SC | $2,074 | 3.98% | 2.76 | 68.2% |
| Richmond VA | $2,045 | 4.12% | 2.74 | 68.2% |
| Indianapolis IN | $2,023 | 4.17% | 2.90 | 62.4% |
| Albany-Schenectady NY | $1,944 | 4.07% | 2.55 | 64.4% |
| Jacksonville FL | $1,912 | 4.52% | 2.99 | 55.1% |
| Baltimore MD | $1,886 | 3.35% | 2.26 | 73.5% |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg FL | $1,825 | 4.37% | 2.69 | 60.0% |
| Pensacola FL-AL | $1,820 | 4.65% | 2.96 | 56.3% |
| Louisville KY-IN | $1,801 | 4.41% | 2.66 | 62.9% |
| Houston TX | $1,800 | 4.00% | 2.57 | 65.1% |
| New Haven CT | $1,798 | 3.38% | 2.39 | 63.6% |
| Little Rock AR | $1,793 | 4.36% | 2.52 | 66.0% |
| Boston MA-NH-RI | $1,764 | 3.12% | 2.25 | 67.2% |
| Hartford CT | $1,755 | 3.19% | 2.36 | 61.6% |
| Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY | $1,715 | 2.51% | 2.35 | 58.7% |
| Austin TX | $1,713 | 3.42% | 2.51 | 63.8% |
| St. Louis MO-IL | $1,707 | 3.76% | 2.84 | 53.4% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX | $1,703 | 3.64% | 2.52 | 61.7% |
| Rochester NY | $1,663 | 3.65% | 2.11 | 63.2% |
| Columbia SC | $1,661 | 3.52% | 2.19 | 71.4% |
| Memphis TN-MS-AR | $1,657 | 4.15% | 2.35 | 64.0% |
| Buffalo NY | $1,647 | 3.57% | 2.05 | 66.5% |
| Kansas City MO-KS | $1,644 | 3.71% | 2.64 | 56.8% |
| San Antonio TX | $1,641 | 4.37% | 2.45 | 63.8% |
| Beaumont TX | $1,611 | 3.92% | 2.49 | 60.2% |
| Cincinnati OH-KY-IN | $1,596 | 3.44% | 2.57 | 54.6% |
| Springfield MA-CT | $1,593 | 3.47% | 2.00 | 69.0% |
| Detroit MI | $1,581 | 3.17% | 2.56 | 54.5% |
| Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD | $1,573 | 2.95% | 1.97 | 67.9% |
| Salt Lake City UT | $1,559 | 3.97% | 2.44 | 56.0% |
| Columbus OH | $1,536 | 3.13% | 2.42 | 56.1% |
| Denver-Aurora CO | $1,504 | 2.95% | 2.06 | 65.3% |
| Providence RI-MA | $1,504 | 3.16% | 2.01 | 63.0% |
| Phoenix AZ | $1,491 | 3.14% | 2.17 | 57.3% |
| Corpus Christi TX | $1,482 | 3.99% | 2.22 | 63.7% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA | $1,481 | 3.23% | 2.62 | 43.7% |
| New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT | $1,478 | 2.88% | 1.98 | 59.4% |
| Toledo OH-MI | $1,462 | 3.44% | 2.27 | 57.6% |
| Chicago IL-IN | $1,449 | 2.80% | 2.18 | 55.9% |
| Dayton OH | $1,444 | 3.16% | 2.53 | 49.6% |
| Virginia Beach VA | $1,440 | 2.66% | 2.25 | 57.0% |
| Oklahoma City OK | $1,437 | 3.59% | 2.31 | 59.3% |
| Sarasota-Bradenton FL | $1,435 | 3.38% | 2.11 | 60.0% |
| Albuquerque NM | $1,434 | 3.20% | 2.14 | 59.2% |
| San Jose CA | $1,432 | 2.09% | 2.43 | 46.2% |
| Charleston-North Charleston SC | $1,420 | 3.17% | 1.93 | 67.8% |
| Grand Rapids MI | $1,417 | 3.34% | 2.27 | 54.0% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul MN | $1,416 | 2.42% | 2.55 | 49.9% |
| Seattle WA | $1,411 | 2.68% | 2.48 | 45.4% |
| Akron OH | $1,406 | 3.19% | 2.23 | 56.3% |
| San Francisco-Oakland CA | $1,393 | 2.28% | 2.56 | 40.0% |
| Cape Coral FL | $1,387 | 3.15% | 2.08 | 56.5% |
| Miami FL | $1,380 | 3.81% | 2.12 | 55.1% |
| Tulsa OK | $1,371 | 3.49% | 2.21 | 58.9% |
| San Diego CA | $1,359 | 2.77% | 2.39 | 43.1% |
| Milwaukee WI | $1,337 | 2.74% | 2.11 | 53.4% |
| Colorado Springs CO | $1,327 | 2.73% | 1.84 | 64.4% |
| Tucson AZ | $1,314 | 3.35% | 1.95 | 57.3% |
| Oxnard-Ventura CA | $1,299 | 2.33% | 2.31 | 43.3% |
| Riverside-San Bernardino CA | $1,293 | 2.99% | 2.32 | 42.5% |
| Fresno CA | $1,272 | 3.00% | 1.98 | 49.5% |
| Pittsburgh PA | $1,267 | 2.95% | 1.86 | 59.4% |
| Sacramento CA | $1,249 | 2.49% | 2.03 | 48.7% |
| El Paso TX-NM | $1,219 | 4.79% | 1.77 | 62.2% |
| Honolulu HI | $1,211 | 2.39% | 1.63 | 52.7% |
| Omaha NE-IA | $1,171 | 2.42% | 1.96 | 53.3% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem PA-NJ | $1,160 | 2.69% | 1.51 | 68.0% |
| Boulder CO | $1,139 | 2.07% | 1.53 | 66.7% |
| Spokane WA | $1,137 | 2.98% | 1.90 | 48.2% |
| Portland OR-WA | $1,088 | 2.43% | 2.15 | 41.2% |
| Bakersfield CA | $1,060 | 3.01% | 1.65 | 48.8% |
| Las Vegas NV | $1,048 | 2.59% | 1.89 | 43.9% |
| Cleveland OH | $984 | 2.28% | 1.54 | 56.5% |
| Brownsville TX | $916 | 2.42% | 1.37 | 63.7% |
| Eugene OR | $814 | 2.08% | 1.61 | 39.5% |
| Salem OR | $732 | 1.82% | 1.51 | 38.9% |
| Anchorage AK | $609 | 1.13% | 1.41 | 35.0% |
| Average | $1,529 | 3.34% | 2.29 | 57.8% |