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As gas hits $4 a gallon, St. Louisans park their cars, scrimp on groceries or eat the cost 79%
By Chad Davis0%
4/14/2026, 10:00:00 AM
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The average price of gas in the St.
Louis region has reached $4 per gallon, creating sticker shock at the pumps for St.
Louis drivers.
A survey by gas station watchdog GasBuddy found prices across St.
Louis are about 60.8 cents higher than last month and about a dollar higher than a year ago.
As of Monday afternoon, a gallon of regular gas at the Gas Mart on Delmar Boulevard cost $3.99.
Many drivers filling their tanks have already started to feel the pain, including Jordan Griffin, who lives and works about a mile from the station.
“I don't feel like it's been this hot since I've had a car, and I've had a car probably about 9 to 10 years,” Griffin said.
“If prices keep going up, I'm going to park this bad baby unless I'm going somewhere outside of work, which is not often.”
Prices have increased significantly since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February.
Those increases eased in some parts of the country after President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire last week; however, Americans should brace for another round of increases after discussions fell through, GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis Patrick De Haan said in a statement.
“The move toward a full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is compounding global supply concerns and risks further disrupting flows, which pushed oil prices sharply higher in Sunday night trading,” De Haan said.
”As a result, gasoline prices are likely to jump again this week, with diesel expected to follow, until there is a meaningful restoration of shipping through the Strait.”
It’s a shock to the wallet for Carl Haney, who was on his way to Interstate 270 and Riverview.
“The gas that I buy is $4.29 a gallon because that's what my car burns,” Haney said.
“I have no choice but to buy it: I have to go to work, I have to go home, I have to help my mother.”
Haney, a Marine veteran, said he hopes that the war ends soon and that prices turn around.
He’s already had to change his purchasing habits, including buying fewer groceries.
Haney also said he was considering buying a second car that doesn’t use as much fuel.
High gas prices helped influence Maanas Bhatt to purchase a hybrid car to save on gas.
“It’s about $4 here right now, about six months ago, that was the price of gas out on the West Coast where I live,” Bhatt said.
“Now gas prices over there are like, $6 or $7.
It's a sight to see.”
Gas prices in California are the highest in the country.
Parts of central Illinois surpassed $4 a gallon last week.
Food delivery driver Tilford Hendricks said he has no choice but to pay the price.
“Trump needs to stay out of these people's business so they can stop raising these prices,” Hendricks said.
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