Where the Pain of Gas Price Spikes Hits Hardest: States of Play

April 17, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC

Where Gas Prices Are Causing the Most Pain

Prices at the pump have surged everywhere since the start of the war with Iran, but certain cities are feeling more pain than others, Aaron Gordon reports.

Though gas prices have risen the most in areas such as Chicago or Los Angeles, the hardest-hit areas are smaller, more spread-out cities, as well as parts of the Sun Belt and the South, according to an analysis from data aggregator GasBuddy and travel data from the Federal Highway Administration.

Take Raleigh, N.C., for example. While gas prices there have increased $1.25 a gallon ...

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