Ohio drivers face growing pain as gas nears $5 a gallon

• The report considers the cost of a 15-gallon fill-up (at $4.89 per gallon on Monday) as a percentage of a state's estimated median weekly household income.

By the numbers: The cost of a fill-up is 5% of Ohio's median weekly income ($1,465).

• West Virginia is the only state ranked higher, at 5.23%.

Between the lines: Things are even worse for Ohio minimum-wage workers. A gas fill-up is 16.7% of the weekly minimum wage pay, per the report.

Zoom in: The average price of regular gas in Cleveland was $4.87 as of Tuesday, according to AAA.

• That's up from $3.81 a month ago and $3.17 a year ago.

The gasoline price surge is reigniting political chatter about suspending the federal tax on fuel to help consumers.

• That would mean pausing the 18.3-cent-per-gallon gas tax and 24.3-cent diesel tax.

Reality check: It would bring some relief to consumers, but wouldn't come close to offsetting the nearly $1.50-per-gallon jump in gas prices since the Iran war started.

• Congress would have to approve a suspension of the gas tax, and it never has.