West Virginia Has America's Highest Gas-Price Burden

West Virginia Has America's Highest Gas-Price Burden Americans are still paying elevated prices at the pump in 2026, but the biggest financial burden is falling on states with lower household incomes rather than the highest fuel prices. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows where gasoline is least affordable by comparing the cost of a standard 15-gallon fill-up against median weekly household income across all 50 states. The data comes from SmartAsset and AA...

By Tyler Durden