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Extra Fuel Cost per U.S. Household Since February 28
Running total of the extra cost of gasoline and diesel per household since February 28, 2026, household-weighted average of the states, weekly, $
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Gasoline · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Diesel (all transportation use) · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
Palanor calculation. Weekly EIA retail price above the last price before February 28, 2026, times each state’s annual transportation fuel use (EIA State Energy Data System) per household (Census ACS), added up week by week. EIA reports prices by district, so each state takes its district’s price; California has its own.
How the extra fuel cost per household has built up week by week since the Iran war began on February 28, 2026. The line climbs every week prices stay above their pre-war level; it would flatten if prices returned to it.
What this chart reads
- Extra Gasoline Cost per Household Since Feb 28, 2026 · United Statesas “Gasoline”latest 2026-10-19
- Extra Diesel Cost per Household Since Feb 28, 2026 · United Statesas “Diesel (all transportation use)”latest 2026-10-19
Sources
Extra Gasoline Cost per Household Since Feb 28, 2026 · United States. Source: Palanor calculation. U.S. Energy Information Administration: Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail prices, series EMM_EPMR_PTE_<area>_DPG) and State Energy Data System. U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey. All public domain. Recomputed weekly after EIA's Monday price survey.
Extra Diesel Cost per Household Since Feb 28, 2026 · United States. Source: Palanor calculation. U.S. Energy Information Administration: Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail prices, series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_<area>_DPG) and State Energy Data System. U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey. All public domain. Recomputed weekly after EIA's Monday price survey.
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