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East Moline anchors the Illinois end of the Quad Cities, where the Mississippi separates it from Davenport and Bettendorf on the Iowa side. That state line matters at the pump. Iowa and Illinois set fuel taxes differently, so drivers here routinely compare a fill-up in town against one across a river bridge, and the cheaper side shifts with each state's tax changes.

Most of the local pricing pressure sits along Avenue of the Cities and near the I-80 and I-88 approaches that funnel commuters between the Illinois cities. The big John Deere Harvester Works keeps shift traffic heavy on these arteries, and stations near those routes tend to move their posted price more often than the quieter residential pockets toward the river.

If you are not in a hurry, it pays to check a station closer to the larger grocery and discount retailers before defaulting to the first pump off a busy road. The gap between a volume-driven retailer and a standalone corner station can be worth a short detour in a town this compact.