Rack market

Covington, KY

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

OPIS rack code 312 Gasoline & diesel Biodiesel

terminals: 2
pipeline systems delivering: 1
refineries in market: 0
refineries supplying market: 1
people in the trade area: 788,159
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand: 909,413
gal/day diesel · estimated demand: 318,748

Terminals in this market

Terminal	TCN	Location	Delivered by
MAPLLC Covington	T-61-KY-3263	Covington, KY	no pipeline tariff on file
TransMontaigne - Greater Cinci	T-61-KY-3264	Covington, KY	Inland Waterways

Pipelines delivering to this market

Each system with a tariff delivery point at one of this market’s terminals, and how many running refineries can ship on it to here.

Pipeline system	Terminals here	Delivery points	Refineries confirmed	All reachable
Inland Waterways	1	1	0	1

Refineries that can supply this market

Refinery	Location	Via	Link
Marathon Catlettsburg Refinery	Catlettsburg, KY	Inland Waterways	per research

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate: 788,159
rank of 422 rack markets by people: #143
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025: 909,413
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025: 318,748
counties wholly in this market: 0
counties shared with other markets: 29

County	State	Share here	People counted here	Gasoline gal/day	Diesel gal/day	County population	Miles
Hamilton County	OH	38%	321,617	364,835	105,483	838,418	9
Kenton County	KY	51%	89,858	106,333	39,132	175,779	9
Clermont County	OH	39%	84,556	79,352	21,955	216,977	21
Boone County	KY	40%	57,908	85,132	34,863	145,316	13
Butler County	OH	14%	55,898	47,857	11,098	400,128	26
Campbell County	KY	52%	49,582	56,372	18,089	95,441	12
Warren County	OH	7%	17,205	20,529	7,003	257,181	32
Dearborn County	IN	31%	16,035	20,715	12,103	51,609	24
Brown County	OH	30%	13,452	14,575	7,102	44,397	37
Grant County	KY	37%	9,593	21,390	16,560	26,181	29
Highland County	OH	21%	9,290	8,330	2,975	43,823	51
Ripley County	IN	27%	7,891	10,259	5,380	29,434	39
Pendleton County	KY	40%	5,945	4,662	1,531	14,800	27
Franklin County	IN	25%	5,859	6,005	2,991	23,286	37
Clinton County	OH	12%	5,000	8,049	5,545	42,301	47
Mason County	KY	26%	4,324	6,025	1,742	16,936	50
Harrison County	KY	22%	4,273	3,627	1,134	19,627	44
Jefferson County	IN	13%	4,246	4,312	1,271	33,279	52
Switzerland County	IN	35%	3,547	3,512	1,360	10,037	31
Gallatin County	KY	37%	3,312	11,908	8,877	8,840	27
Fleming County	KY	19%	2,941	2,907	907	15,787	66
Bracken County	KY	33%	2,768	3,483	1,144	8,511	35
Carroll County	KY	23%	2,509	7,439	4,902	11,141	42
Owen County	KY	20%	2,357	2,135	688	11,601	42
Henry County	KY	14%	2,304	4,642	3,162	16,447	53
Ohio County	IN	36%	2,136	1,699	605	5,994	24
Nicholas County	KY	26%	2,051	1,745	547	7,949	57
Trimble County	KY	13%	1,128	1,173	473	8,701	53
Robertson County	KY	26%	596	433	127	2,325	46

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: One pipeline
pipeline systems delivering: 1
terminals on two or more pipelines: 0
terminals with no pipeline tariff: 1

One pipeline system delivers here: Inland Waterways. An outage on it leaves the market to truck, rail or water.

If a pipeline system goes down

Pipeline system	Terminals it reaches here	With no other pipeline	Which
Inland Waterways	1	1	TransMontaigne - Greater Cinci

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: +5.31
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest: +5.35

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
TransMontaigne - Greater Cinci	+5.31	truck	The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC (Greenville, OH)	83
MAPLLC Covington	+5.35	truck	Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH)	84

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market	Miles	Terminals	Pipelines
Cincinnati, OH	4	4	1
Lebanon, OH	31	2	1
Dayton, OH	54	4	2
Seymour, IN	69	1	1
Lexington, KY	69	2	—

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 · Kentucky

44.8 ¢/gal Gasoline · state 26.4¢ + federal 18.4¢ (excise 25.0¢, other state taxes and fees 1.4¢)

47.8 ¢/gal Diesel · state 23.4¢ + federal 24.4¢ (excise 22.0¢, other state taxes and fees 1.4¢)

Taxed at: distributor / wholesaler
Figured on net gallons
Rates are adjusted annually based on an average of the quarterly average wholesale price (AWP) calculations for the previous fiscal year; no future amounts given.

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, MAPLLC Covington, runs 50% of the terminals.

MAPLLC Covington 1 terminal · 50%
TransMontaigne 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

7 rack markets in KY.

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.