Fast food prices by state

Name: Fast Food Prices by State | Drive Thru Index
Creator: Drive Thru Index
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Fast food prices in every US state: 41,308 McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC, Popeyes, Chick-fil-A and Wendy's restaurants ranked from cheapest to priciest, checked 2026-09-30.

Data as of 2026-09-30. Updated daily.

States from cheapest to most expensive

The Drive Thru Index score averages each brand's typical basket in the state against that brand's own national typical price. 100 is the national norm.

Rank	State	Index	Restaurants	City pages
1	Oklahoma	94	567	26
2	Mississippi	94	506	48
3	Kentucky	95	806	48
4	Texas	95	3,973	176
5	West Virginia	95	354	24
6	North Carolina	95	1,535	92
7	Tennessee	95	1,172	63
8	Alabama	95	829	51
9	Georgia	96	1,674	113
10	Arkansas	96	535	33
11	Louisiana	96	818	50
12	Wyoming	96	67	6
13	South Carolina	97	798	51
14	Ohio	97	1,949	127
15	Indiana	98	1,128	69
16	New Mexico	98	297	15
17	North Dakota	98	80	5
18	Florida	99	2,837	155
19	Wisconsin	99	681	33
20	Kansas	99	422	21
21	Nevada	99	405	8
22	Minnesota	100	535	29
23	Michigan	100	1,455	86
24	Idaho	100	192	13
25	Utah	100	384	29
26	Nebraska	100	240	10
27	South Dakota	100	93	4
28	Missouri	101	894	42
29	Arizona	101	895	31
30	Iowa	102	349	20
31	Virginia	103	1,236	64
32	Maryland	103	776	48
33	Pennsylvania	103	1,431	69
34	Illinois	103	1,642	95
35	Maine	104	120	6
36	Colorado	105	705	34
37	Delaware	106	117	8
38	New Jersey	107	771	45
39	Massachusetts	107	576	37
40	Rhode Island	107	110	9
41	New Hampshire	108	131	6
42	Montana	108	118	7
43	Washington DC	108	51	1
44	Vermont	109	41	1
45	New York	110	1,679	75
46	Oregon	112	477	31
47	Connecticut	113	360	30
48	Washington	114	710	42
49	California	115	3,571	224
50	Hawaii	123	158	12
51	Alaska	130	58	3

Prices by brand

How these prices are measured

Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, through the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells. An index of 100 is the brand's typical (median) US restaurant, so 95 means 5% cheaper and 110 means 10% pricier. Brands are only ever compared with themselves, never with each other.

Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com/prices), prices checked 2026-09-30. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.