New Jersey actually is the cheapest of its immediate neighbors, on average: New York clocks in at $3.22 per gallon right now, and Pennsylvania is at $3.28.
As of Monday, prices are down a couple of cents statewide, but Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for the Oil Price Information Service, said not much more downward action is expected for now.
State gas taxes in New Jersey will rise to 50.7 cents per gallon. Gas consumption is down in the COVID-19 recession, triggering a hike under a state formula.
Now that New Jersey's stay-at-home order has been lifted and the state slowly reopens, that means more people are hitting the roads, driving up the demand for gasoline.
Trouble with Iran, higher crude prices, a refinery fire in nearby Philadelphia -- all problems that may cause gas prices to "wobble," near term, according to one expert.