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# Gas Dips Below $1 A Gallon In Houghton Lake, Michigan
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/gas-dips-below-1-a-gallon-in-houghton-lake-michigan/
- Published: 2016-01-17T19:05:56.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:49:21.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: gas buddy, Gas price, houghton lake, Michigan, michigan gas prices, under $1 a gallon, #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

When do you last remember gas being under a dollar.. or just 78 cents a gallon?

[Gas Buddy](http://www.gasbuddy.com/?ref=dailydetroit.com) is saying there’s a price war going on at gas stations in Houghton Lake, Michigan – and as a result, we’re the first state in the union to see prices under $1 in years.

> SUB-$1 GAS RETURNS: 78 cents per gallon- the current [#gasprice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/gasprice?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) at a station in Houghton Lake, Michigan [pic.twitter.com/nllE5a6yLO](https://t.co/nllE5a6yLO?ref=dailydetroit.com)
> 
> — Patrick DeHaan (@GasBuddyGuy) [January 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/GasBuddyGuy/status/688836207544012802?ref=dailydetroit.com)

This is a photo from the Beacon and Bridge Market there, $.78 per gallon.

Gas Buddy is also reporting the Marathon there is at $.95 per gallon. They’re probably selling it below cost – as the “rack price” (that’s a price reported from a published survey of supplier prices without taxes, freight or superfund costs for gasoline and diesel fuel) in Detroit for regular unleaded is $1.07.

> Isn't a thing of beauty? Nat'l avg currently at $1.935, -7.6cts from last wk [#pricedeclines](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pricedeclines?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) [#cheapgas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cheapgas?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) [#happypumping](https://twitter.com/hashtag/happypumping?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) [pic.twitter.com/EvdcVyPuya](https://t.co/EvdcVyPuya?ref=dailydetroit.com)
> 
> — GasBuddy (@GasBuddy) [January 14, 2016](https://twitter.com/GasBuddy/status/687673604062973952?ref=dailydetroit.com)

Nationally, gas prices are down 7.6 cents a gallon since last week. Just a couple of years ago, prices were north of $4.00 – showing how much gas prices can fluctuate.

Today, filling up the tank, it was $1.57 here in the City of Detroit.