Slight Drop For Gas Prices In Highland Park, Highwood Area

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — The more time passes, the more painful it gets for Highland Park and Highwood residents to see the price of a tank of gas. But after a period of sharp increase, prices are decreasing slightly.

Prices in Illinois remain high, with the average price for regular gasoline sitting at $5.406 per gallon as of Wednesday, according to AAA. While that is about 9 cents cheaper than a week ago, it is still more than 42 cents more than gasoline cost at the end of May.

In Lake County, the average price is $5.551 per gallon, well over the state average. According to AAA, the national average price per gas was just below $4.87 per gallon Wednesday.

With prices as high as they are, you can still save a little bit if you know where to look a bit further afield around the area.

Some of the cheapest gas in all of Lake County available Wednesday without a membership card Wednesday was for sale at $4.89 per gallon at Woodman's, 1550 Deerfield Parkway, in Buffalo Grove, and for the same price at Woodman's at 3162 US-12 East in Lakemoor, according to GasBuddy.

Closer to home, the Costco at 25901 Riverwoods Road, Mettawa, was offering gasoline for the same price with a membership card. Here are recent prices reported at Lake Forest and Lake Bluff gas stations:

$5.57 — BP, 3092 N. Skokie Highway Lake Bluff

$5.59 — Mobil, 2 N. Waukegan Road, Lake Bluff

$5.62 — Shell, 28787 N. Waukegan Road, Lake Bluff

$5.76 — Casey's, 1333 Half Day Road, Highland Park

$5.78 — BP, 1881 Deerfield Road, Highland Park

$5.78 — Mobil & Bucky's, 2580 Skokie Valley Road, Highland Park

$5.79 — Shell, 1411 Park Avenue West, Highland Park

$5.79 — Shell, 10 Skokie Valley Road, Highland Park

$5.79 — Thorntons, 55 Skokie Valley Road, Highland Park

$5.79 — Mobil & Bucky's, 1000 Sheridan Road, Highwood

$5.85 — Citgo, 104 Washington Ave., Highwood