Rack market

Robinson, IL

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

OPIS rack code 510 Gasoline & diesel Biodiesel Ethanol

terminals: 2
pipeline systems delivering: 0
refineries in market: 1
refineries supplying market: 1
people in the trade area: 255,368
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand: 359,502
gal/day diesel · estimated demand: 201,743

Terminals in this market

Terminal	TCN	Location	Delivered by
Marathon Robinson	T-37-IL-3360	Robinson, IL	no pipeline tariff on file
Robinson Refining Logistics	T-37-IL-3374	Robinson, 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

Refinery	Location	Via	Link
Marathon Robinson Refinery	Robinson, IL		named in a tariff

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate: 255,368
rank of 422 rack markets by people: #292
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025: 359,502
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025: 201,743
counties wholly in this market: 2
counties shared with other markets: 20

County	State	Share here	People counted here	Gasoline gal/day	Diesel gal/day	County population	Miles
Vigo County	IN	58%	61,404	73,640	21,311	106,512	34
Effingham County	IL	64%	22,168	50,048	35,420	34,519	47
Crawford County	IL	100%	18,648	16,187	5,277	18,648	2
Coles County	IL	39%	18,125	21,833	10,323	46,607	44
Knox County	IN	44%	15,758	21,961	7,024	35,652	27
Sullivan County	IN	68%	14,184	18,333	7,215	20,831	17
Clark County	IL	85%	12,844	29,499	32,032	15,114	23
Richland County	IL	80%	12,104	11,743	3,678	15,219	28
Lawrence County	IL	72%	9,947	10,770	4,226	13,790	20
Jasper County	IL	100%	9,032	11,905	4,770	9,032	23
Clay County	IN	34%	8,940	13,547	9,933	26,410	42
Cumberland County	IL	81%	8,260	25,627	29,163	10,208	34
Daviess County	IN	23%	8,022	7,761	3,994	34,209	41
Edgar County	IL	44%	7,107	7,593	2,709	16,323	47
Marion County	IL	19%	6,851	8,860	5,917	36,382	69
Clay County	IL	47%	5,987	6,722	2,657	12,793	45
Wayne County	IL	22%	3,459	5,283	4,426	15,882	55
Fayette County	IL	16%	3,370	7,011	6,563	20,790	70
Vermillion County	IN	21%	3,200	4,947	2,862	15,488	60
Parke County	IN	17%	2,791	3,062	1,167	16,642	60
Wabash County	IL	19%	2,036	1,792	533	10,907	39
Edwards County	IL	19%	1,128	1,375	543	5,898	44

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: -3.10
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest: -3.10

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
Marathon Robinson	-3.10	truck	Lincolnland Agri-Energy LLC (Palestine, IL)	6
Robinson Refining Logistics	-3.10	truck	Lincolnland Agri-Energy LLC (Palestine, IL)	6

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market	Miles	Terminals	Pipelines
Terre Haute, IN	34	0	—
Switz City, IN	37	1	1
Princeton, IN	51	1	1
Evansville, IN	72	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, Marathon / MPLX, runs 50% of the terminals.

Marathon / MPLX 1 terminal · 50%
Robinson Refining Logistics 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.