Rack market

Owensboro, KY

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

OPIS rack code 487 Gasoline & diesel Biodiesel

terminals: 2
pipeline systems delivering: 1
refineries in market: 0
refineries supplying market: 1
people in the trade area: 357,190
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand: 460,177
gal/day diesel · estimated demand: 175,146

Terminals in this market

Terminal	TCN	Location	Delivered by
Southern States Cooperative	T-61-KY-3280	Owensboro, KY	Inland Waterways
TransMontaigne - Owensboro	T-61-KY-3283	Owensboro, 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	2	2	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: 357,190
rank of 422 rack markets by people: #249
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025: 460,177
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025: 175,146
counties wholly in this market: 4
counties shared with other markets: 25

County	State	Share here	People counted here	Gasoline gal/day	Diesel gal/day	County population	Miles
Daviess County	KY	100%	104,898	113,590	27,410	104,898	4
Warren County	KY	20%	29,726	41,616	18,793	149,375	65
Ohio County	KY	100%	23,934	39,395	16,731	23,934	25
Hardin County	KY	15%	17,408	27,466	11,548	113,482	61
Warrick County	IN	22%	14,516	15,551	6,813	66,803	24
Muhlenberg County	KY	46%	14,233	17,622	5,205	30,634	40
Dubois County	IN	32%	14,112	16,722	5,507	44,016	42
Christian County	KY	18%	12,880	21,021	8,881	70,115	66
Grayson County	KY	46%	12,522	17,548	5,380	27,406	46
Butler County	KY	100%	12,520	17,629	8,629	12,520	45
Spencer County	IN	62%	12,442	20,177	11,430	20,061	16
Hopkins County	KY	26%	11,747	17,227	7,317	45,127	42
Breckinridge County	KY	45%	9,670	8,360	2,624	21,503	35
Hancock County	KY	100%	9,050	9,842	3,212	9,050	16
Perry County	IN	42%	8,134	9,755	6,644	19,389	32
Vanderburgh County	IN	4%	7,680	9,306	2,906	181,995	32
Barren County	KY	16%	7,157	10,759	4,404	45,641	84
McLean County	KY	55%	5,003	6,197	1,756	9,064	21
Logan County	KY	17%	4,897	6,027	1,870	28,669	65
Meade County	KY	13%	3,886	3,926	1,255	30,699	49
Hart County	KY	17%	3,510	9,200	6,571	20,117	73
Edmonson County	KY	27%	3,435	3,960	1,902	12,749	61
Henderson County	KY	7%	2,921	4,440	1,414	44,255	27
Todd County	KY	18%	2,295	2,628	824	12,972	66
Webster County	KY	17%	2,163	2,583	1,200	12,929	38
Green County	KY	17%	1,928	1,688	506	11,644	91
Crawford County	IN	17%	1,787	3,197	3,609	10,509	49
Metcalfe County	KY	14%	1,447	1,766	539	10,583	96
Monroe County	KY	12%	1,293	983	268	11,191	105

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: 0

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	2	2	Southern States Cooperative; TransMontaigne - Owensboro

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: +1.00
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest: +1.04

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
Southern States Cooperative	+1.00	truck	Lincolnland Agri-Energy LLC (Palestine, IL)	107
TransMontaigne - Owensboro	+1.04	truck	Lincolnland Agri-Energy LLC (Palestine, IL)	108

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market	Miles	Terminals	Pipelines
Henderson, KY	36	3	2
Evansville, IN	37	3	1
Princeton, IN	40	1	1
Louisville, KY	74	8	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, Southern States Cooperative, runs 50% of the terminals.

Southern States Cooperative 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.