RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN – Tennessee drivers may want to take a moment to appreciate the rarest of modern miracles: gas prices that moved around just enough last week to look busy, only to land almost exactly where they started. After a brief flirtation with higher prices, pump costs slid back down over the weekend, leaving the statewide average a whopping one penny more than last week.
As of Monday afternoon, Tennessee’s average price for a gallon of regular unleaded sits at $2.57 — which, in today’s economy, qualifies as a small holiday miracle. That price is 12 cents cheaper than one month ago and six cents lower than this time last year. According to AAA, Tennesseans are currently enjoying the cheapest gas prices the state has seen in four years, a statement that feels almost unbelievable but is, apparently, true.
Rutherford County Gas Prices: Here in Rutherford County, drivers are paying an average of $2.56 per gallon, which places Murfreesboro squarely in the “doing just fine” category. Prices in the Murfreesboro, Smyrna, and La Vergne area are two cents higher than Bedford County to the south, but one cent cheaper than Wilson County to the north. To the west, however, Nashville drivers are funding a slightly more expensive lifestyle, paying around $2.67 per gallon — at least 11 cents more than their Rutherford County neighbors. Coffee County motorists are hovering at $2.58, Marshall County is at $2.59, and Cannon County drivers are paying closer to $2.64 per gallon…