Gas prices in West Michigan expected to stay around $2.75 for some time Prices in both Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo are hovering around $2.50 to $2.75 right now and last updated 2021-02-26 21:02:50-05 WEST MICHIGAN â Gas prices in West Michigan are expected to stay around $2.75 for some time, as more people fill up and U.S. production struggles to keep up. There are several factors pushing the price back up, several of them related to the improvement of our economy at large. âJust to put this all into context, this is recovery based," said Patrick De Haan, who is the lead petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.