Are Gas Prices in ID, UT, and WA Higher or Lower Than Last Year

Things may not be going the way everyone wants them to with the United States policy and economy.

But there is at least one thing people should be happy about: Gas is $2 cheaper now than a few years ago.

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Not only have egg prices dropped a little bit recently (and are expected to return to normal in April), but the other hot-topic commodity that had been at an ‘unacceptable’ level, gasoline, has also seen a drop across the nation. Reports have the average gas price across the nation lower than when Biden left office.

Actually, gas prices are at a level that we could arguably be happy about. With Regular Unleaded prices under $3 in many locations, it’s a celebratory level compared to 2022, 2023, and even 2024.

A search on Gas Buddy for the highest and lowest prices in Washington, Idaho, and Utah shows prices at, or below, $3 in each state. Washington has the highest prices of the three with Idaho about 10 cents under them and Utah at a respectable 10 cents under Idaho.

Cheapest gas prices in each state based on info from Gas Buddy:

Utah: $2.79 in Lehi
Idaho: $2.49 in Pinehurst
Washington: $3.00 in Clarkston and White Swan

Average gas prices in each state based on info from AAA:

Utah: $3.14
Idaho: $3.26
Washington: $4.09

Are Gas Prices $2 Cheaper Than 2 Years Ago in Idaho, Utah, and WA?

In the list of cheapest gas locations, Idaho does have a lower price than Utah, but overall prices are about 10 cents cheaper than Idaho.

Even at around $3 per gallon though, it’s lower than previous years.

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Looking back at articles from previous years, the average price for gas in Idaho got up to $5.25 in 2023. A year earlier, in 2022, gas was up to $4.40, and in 2024, the highest average gas price was $3.94 per gallon.

The gas prices reflected above are overall averages and each city and individual gas station will have a different price at their location.

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

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