Surging US Gas Prices Are Hitting Southern Cities the Hardest

Gas prices have skyrocketed across the US as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others.

And it’s not necessarily in the places where gas prices have risen the most, like Chicago or Los Angeles. Instead, it’s in smaller, more spread-out cities, like Nashville or Indianapolis, according to an analysis of local gas prices through April 9 from data aggregator GasBuddy and figures on driver mileage from the Federal Highway Administration.

Many of the hardest hit cities are in the Sun Belt and parts of the South. Drivers in ...