While gas prices are the lowest they have been in months, there will also be almost 80 million people on the roads across the United States — almost 6 million in Texas alone — for the Thanksgiving holiday. The national average for a gallon of regular gas on Wednesday was $3.067, according to AAA.
The average price for regular gas in Texas was $2.638 per gallon. Here, in Bell County, the average is $2.
517 per gallon.. According to GasBuddy, the lowest price for regular gas Tuesday was $2.
26 per gallon at the Super Quick Food Mart on West Stan Schlueter Loop. Followed closely by prices at H-E-B and Walmart where their pumps showed regular gas a penny cheaper. For the sixth straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 1.
4 cents compared to a week ago, the lowest level since May 2021, according to GasBuddy. The national average is down 11.2 cents from a month ago and is 23.
7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 1.3 cents in the last week and stands at $3.
503 per gallon. According to AAA, they project 79.9 million people will travel for Thanksgiving, which is a 2% increase from 2023.
This includes 71.7 million people traveling by car, which is a record. In another projection by AAA, 5.
7 million Texans will travel at least 50 miles from home for Thanksgiving, which is a 1.3% increase from 2023. This is also 2.
4% higher than the pre-pandemic Thanksgiving in 2019. The majority of travelers are e.
