I bought gas for 0.17cents a gallon in 1970 in Butler, PA>I payed .17 cents in 1974 in Oilton Oklahoma.
When your Grandad was young.
Around 17 cents.
.17 cents a gallon.
it cost 17 cents
Regular 17 - 19 cents a gallon High test 22 - 27 cents a gallon
The price per gallon of gasoline in 1914 was about $.17/gallon.
A gallon of gas cost around .17 cents in 1930. Gas prices appear to be at a historical high, and prices of the past appear to be cheap (17 cents per gallon in the 1930s, a quarter in the 1950s and 50 cents in the 1970s). But this is a classic example of "money illusion." In real inflation-adjusted dollars, gas prices are the same or lower today than in most previous decades. That .17 cents in 1930 was considered at the time, expensive considering the average disposable income was less than $500 per year.
At the beginning of 1920, the average price of gasoline in the United States was 17 cents per gallon. However, the gas shortage occurred in 1920, and as such, the average price of gas rose to about 30 cents a gallon in less than 6 months during 1920.
The US average in 1931 was 17 cents per gallon. That would be about $2.63 per gallon in today's dollars (2014).
The US average in 1931 was 17 cents per gallon. That would be about $2.63 per gallon in today's dollars (2014).
5 dollars and 41 cents.
In the 1930's gas was about 17 cents a gallon in the US.