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Gas Prices Update: Gas Surging Toward $6 In Oak Lawn
If you're ready to hit the road around Oak Lawn, take a look at the lowest gas prices nearby before you fill up.
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OAK LAWN, IL — Oak Lawn residents are seeing no signs of relief at the pump as gas prices in the area surged toward $6 per gallon Thursday.
In Oak Lawn, the cheapest gas Thursday was at Gulf, 9856 S. Cicero Ave., for $5.65, according to GasBuddy.
The average price of gas in Illinois was at about $5.54 per gallon Thursday, according to AAA. That's a 16 cent increase from last week and up a whopping 75 cents from a month ago.
The average in Cook County was above the state average Thursday, sitting at about $5.96 per gallon.
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The cheapest gas Thursday in Cook County was at Walmart, 17540 S. Halsted St., Homewood, selling for $5.39.
In Illinois, the cheapest gas can be found 45 miles outside of Carbondale in El Dorado, at $4.69.
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Here are some other places you can save near Oak Lawn:
- Gulf, 9856 S. Cicero Ave., $5.65
- Marathon, 9304 S. Cicero Ave., $5.69
- Shell, 10601 S. Cicero Ave., $5.79
- Thornton’s, 9138 S. Cicero Ave., $5.79
- Citgo, 6801 W. 87th St., $5.85
Nationally, the average gas price Thursday was about $5.01 per gallon. It was $3.08 at this same point last year, according to AAA.
Illinois' gas prices ranked No. 4 in the lower 48 of the county. Rounding out highest Top 5 states in gas price averages Thursday were California at $6.42, Nevada at $5.67, Washington at $5.55 and Oregon at $5.54, according to AAA. Georgia had the lowest national gas price average at around $4.49.
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