Rack market

Blue Island, IL

#150 of 422 U.S. rack markets by terminals

OPIS rack code 292 Gasoline & diesel

terminals: 2
pipeline systems delivering: 0
refineries in market: 0
refineries supplying market: 0
people in the trade area: 790,515
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand: 670,440
gal/day diesel · estimated demand: 199,741

Terminals in this market

Terminal	TCN	Location	Delivered by
Sunoco LLC	T-36-IL-3310	Blue Island, IL	no pipeline tariff on file
Valero Terminaling and Distribution	T-36-IL-3300	Alsip, IL	no pipeline tariff on file

Pipelines delivering to this market

No pipeline tariff delivers to a terminal in this market on file: it is supplied by truck, rail or water, or the tariff has not been read yet.

Refineries that can supply this market

No refinery has a published pipeline route here on file.

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate: 790,515
rank of 422 rack markets by people: #141
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025: 670,440
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025: 199,741
counties wholly in this market: 0
counties shared with other markets: 9

County	State	Share here	People counted here	Gasoline gal/day	Diesel gal/day	County population	Miles
Cook County	IL	11%	582,837	427,968	113,912	5,194,625	17
Will County	IL	14%	99,502	93,515	25,674	712,253	20
Lake County	IN	10%	49,351	60,650	18,892	504,612	21
Porter County	IN	13%	22,358	30,574	10,690	176,049	34
Berrien County	MI	10%	14,772	23,814	7,566	152,444	51
LaPorte County	IN	11%	11,753	17,529	10,267	111,294	50
Jasper County	IN	16%	5,498	10,433	9,856	33,894	54
Starke County	IN	11%	2,584	2,994	1,117	23,425	61
Newton County	IN	14%	1,982	3,048	1,789	14,188	50

Fuel demand is an estimate: each state’s taxed gallons for the year (FHWA) are split among its counties by where the driving happens (EPA county vehicle miles, weighted by how much fuel each vehicle type burns), then shared to markets as above. Every state adds back to its FHWA total. Gasoline includes the ethanol blended into it; diesel is FHWA’s special fuels. Expect diesel to be least reliable along long-haul corridors, where trucks buy fuel in one county and burn it in another. Population: U.S. Census Bureau county estimates.

How good is it? Checked in October 2026 against the county retail sales Iowa and California publish: for gasoline, about 3–5% of gallons landed in the wrong rack market and a typical market was within 5–6%. For diesel, 14–21% landed in the wrong market and a typical market was 30–45% off, with truck-stop corridors such as Bakersfield and Stockton under-counted. Treat gasoline as a working estimate and diesel as a rough guide.

Cost to serve this market by pipeline

No published pipeline rate into a terminal here is on file yet. Markets supplied by truck, rail or water have no tariff to read.

Supply resilience

pipeline supply: No pipeline
pipeline systems delivering: 0
terminals on two or more pipelines: 0
terminals with no pipeline tariff: 2

No pipeline tariff delivers here on file: the market depends on truck, rail or water, or its tariff has not been read.

Counts pipeline systems with a tariff delivery point here, not capacity, storage or contracts. A system with two lines into the market still counts once, and a terminal with one pipeline may also receive by truck, rail or water. For a refinery or pipeline outage across every market it touches, open that facility’s page.

Delivered ethanol cost

¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · lowest in the market: -3.57
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest: -3.54

An estimate for each terminal: the cheapest of published rail rates and trucking from the nearest plants, plus basis, transload, terminaling and carrying cost. Each terminal page shows the build-up line by line.

Terminal	¢/gal over Chicago	By	From	Miles
Valero Terminaling and Distribution	-3.57	truck	ADM Clinton IA (Clinton, IA)	156
Sunoco LLC	-3.54	truck	ADM Clinton IA (Clinton, IA)	156

Nearby rack markets

Rack markets within 75 miles (straight line): where a buyer here could also lift.

Rack market	Miles	Terminals	Pipelines
Chicago, IL	9	2	—
Argo, IL	10	2	2
Forestview, IL	11	3	2
Hammond, IN	12	9	4
Lemont, IL	17	1	—
Lockport, IL	23	2	1
Des Plaines, IL	29	8	2
Mt. Prospect, IL	30	0	—
Kankakee, IL	43	3	1

Around the market

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Pump prices nearby

$4.269 Regular gasoline · PADD 2 · +3.0% on the week · +52.2% on the year

$6.480 Diesel · PADD 2 · +2.0% on the week · +81.8% on the year

EIA weekly retail survey, week of 2026-10-26: the closest area EIA reports, not this market alone.

Fuel taxes · Illinois

90.1 ¢/gal Gasoline · state 71.7¢ + federal 18.4¢ (excise 49.6¢, other state taxes and fees 22.1¢)

103.6 ¢/gal Diesel · state 79.2¢ + federal 24.4¢ (excise 57.1¢, other state taxes and fees 22.1¢)

Taxed at: distributor / wholesaler
Figured on billed gallons
State sales tax on motor fuel (pre-paid sales tax): 6.25%; pre-paid sales tax rate adjusted every six months (January and July)
An additional sales tax amount may be charged at the local level and county level (no amounts given).
Each July 1 the rate may increase by the percentage increase in the CPI-U for the 12 months ending in March.

Rates: EIA, in effect July 1, 2026, without county or city taxes. Rules: Federation of Tax Administrators, September 2025. Not tax advice: check the state agency before relying on a rate.

Terminal operators

2 operators; the largest, Sunoco / Energy Transfer, runs 50% of the terminals.

Sunoco / Energy Transfer 1 terminal · 50%
Valero 1 terminal · 50%

Concentration index 5,000 (10,000 = one operator). By terminal count as named on the IRS list, not volume; affiliates under other names may be counted apart.

In the state

19 rack markets in IL.

Source

Rack markets are our own grouping of terminals, with the matching OPIS rack code shown for reference. Terminals from the IRS Terminal Control Number list; pipeline reach from published FERC and state tariffs; refinery links from tariffs and sourced research.

Rates are pipeline line-haul transcribed from published FERC tariffs; every figure cites its tariff and item. Cost to serve (netback) adds origin spot price and destination fees. "Confirmed" links match a tariff delivery point to the facility; "same city" means the point is in the facility's city — plausible, not proof; "per research" means the facility's research profile names the pipeline as an outlet.