Where are the lowest gas prices in Pasadena?

Gas prices in and around Pasadena were higher than the average for Houston but lower than the national average, according to data from the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com.

Visitors to the GasBuddy.com website reported rates at 83 gas stations in and around Pasadena. As of Saturday, Jan. 12, the average price of regular unleaded gas in Pasadena was $3.18 per gallon. GasBuddy.com listed the Houston average at $3.17, the state average at $3.17 and the nationwide average at $3.27.

The least expensive gas in Pasadena was reported to be $3.06 for a gallon of regular unleaded, which GasBuddy.com contributors logged at Big C Market, 2501 Preston Road.

A GasBuddy.com user reported the most expensive gas in the area was $3.35 at Chevron, 10736 Spencer Highway; and Valero, 1601 W. Fairmont Parkway.

Local stations included in the survey were: Valero, 1601 W. Fairmont Parkway; Chevron, 10736 Spencer Highway; Big C Market, 2501 Preston Road; Conoco, 4701 Spencer Highway; Valero, 1621 Red Bluff Road; Murphy USA, 5204 Fairmont Parkway; Shell, 5498 Fairmont Parkway; Exxon, 5499 Fairmont Parkway; Fuel Express, 4401 Burke Road; Valero, 6335 Spencer Highway.

GasBuddy.com, owned by GasBuddy Organization Inc., offers local gas pricing information to its visitors. The prices, based on the cost of regular unleaded gas, are submitted by the site's contributors. The site's stated mission is "to serve the public by providing a real time gas prices forum so that consumers can have access to the information necessary to locate the lowest fuel prices available."