Maricopa, AZ · Updated Oct 2026

What a Maricopa house pays

Property tax, water, trash and energy from public rates. Look up your address to make it yours, and see how to pay less.

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Example · a Maricopa house

$7,357a year · $613 a month

Starts at $169,854 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$2,442
1.438% of $169,854
Electricity and gas$2,648
1182 kWh a month $1,997 · 24 therms $586 · City of Maricopa sales tax on utilities $65
Water and sewer$1,249
6,000 gallons a month on Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company: water $36, sewer $68 a month
TrashNot included
Hauler service from Waste Management or Waste Connections of Arizona; not counted here
Home insurance$1,018
Typical premium $1,018

A typical Maricopa house pays about $7,400 a year: $2,440 property tax and charges, $1,250 water and sewer, $2,650 electricity and gas, $1,020 home insurance; trash is billed separately. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 22, 2026. Insurance: what you enter, or a typical premium until you do. Sources are listed at the bottom.

Ways to pay less

Nothing here applies to every house automatically. These are worth checking:

Income at or below 300% of poverty: Global Water Customer Assistance ProgramUp to $350 a year per utility
Qualifying residential Global Water customers can receive up to $350 per year per utility service toward their bill. Household income must be at or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.
How: Contact Community Action Human Resources Agency (CAHRA) at 520-466-1112 or The Salvation Army at 520-705-6509.
Keep water use under the 6,000-gallon rebate threshold60% conservation rebate
Global Water – Santa Cruz's tariff applies a 60% conservation rebate if consumption is below 6,000 gallons.
How: View your monthly reads in the Global Water customer portal.
Southwest Gas LIRA (eligibility: 250% of the federal poverty level)30% off the per-therm rate
Southwest Gas's Low Income Ratepayer Assistance gives a discounted monthly basic service charge and a 30% reduction on the per-therm rate year-round.
How: Learn more about Low Income Ratepayer Assistance (LIRA) at swgas.com/investedinaz.
Widows, widowers and totally disabled owners: property tax exemption$5,021 exemption
The allowable exemption is $5,021. Total net assessed value in Arizona cannot exceed $36,690, and income from all sources, excluding Social Security, cannot exceed $41,078 ($49,281 with children under 18 at home). Disabled applicants must be certified 100% totally and permanently disabled.
How: Apply with the Pinal County Assessor between the first Monday in January and the last day of February; first-time applicants apply in person.
Seniors 65+: Senior Valuation Protection (senior freeze)
Homeowners 65 or older who have lived in the home for two years can freeze its Limited Property Value for three years if gross income of all owners is no more than $47,712 for one owner or $59,640 for two or more. It freezes the value, not the tax.
How: Apply in person at the Pinal County Assessor's office; mailed applications are not accepted.

Money dates

Nov 2, 2026in 11 daysFirst-half 2026 property taxes become delinquent after 5 pm (November 1 falls on a Sunday); late payment costs 16% a year, prorated monthly.
Dec 31in 70 daysFull-year taxes are due by December 31; full-year payments are delinquent after 5 pm December 31.
Jan 4 – Feb 28, 2027in 74 daysFiling window for the widow, widower and disabled person exemptions with the Pinal County Assessor (first Monday in January through the last day of February).
May 1Second-half taxes become delinquent after 5 pm; if May 1 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, delinquency is 5 pm on the next business day.

Who serves this house

Water: Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company; Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company rates under ACC Decision No. 78644 (Phase 2, effective 1/1/2023): a monthly service charge by meter size plus commodity charges per 1,000 gallons in six tiers, with a 60% conservation rebate applied if consumption is below 6,000 gallons
Property tax: 1.44% of value; 2026 tax year, Pinal County (tax area 2027)
Garbage: Waste Management or Waste Connections of Arizona; The City lists both companies for waste and recycling service
Sewer: Global Water – Palo Verde Utilities Company; Flat monthly wastewater service charge by meter size
Electricity: Electrical District No. 3 (ED3); Electrical District No. 3 of Pinal County, listed by the City for electric service
Gas: Southwest Gas; G-5 single-family residential service: $10.70 a month plus a charge per therm
Schools: Maricopa Unified School District #20; On the tax bill with primary and secondary rates

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: Thirteen wells located within the service area supply the Maricopa system.
Hardness: Hardness as calcium carbonate: 160 to 250 ppm, average 230 ppm (2024 data).
Arsenic and nitrate: In 2025 the highest arsenic detected was 7.5 ppb (peak running annual average 7.5 ppb) and the highest nitrate was 8.16 ppm.
Violation: In November 2025 the system collected 77 of 90 required routine coliform samples, a monitoring violation; no water quality problem was identified.

Other AZ cities

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: Arizona taxes an owner-occupied home on an assessed value of 10% of its Limited Property Value (LPV), at rates per $100 of assessed value, so each Pinal County rate here is divided by 1,000 and applied to LPV. We use tax area 2027 (City of Maricopa, Maricopa Unified #20), which holds about 20,900 of the city's owner-occupied homes in Pinal County parcel data: 11.9959 primary less the 1.5128 state homeowner rebate (the 'Red Rate', taken off the school primary rate) = 10.4831, plus 3.8925 secondary, or 14.3756 per $100 of assessed value (1.4376% of LPV). The rebate is capped at $600 a parcel, which only matters above about $397,000 of LPV.
The starting value is the Arizona Department of Revenue's 2026 average LPV for the City of Maricopa's 21,000 class 03 primary-residence parcels, $169,854 (no median is published; Pinal County parcel data puts the median of owner-occupied homes in tax area 2027 near $172,000). That gives about $2,440 a year. Tax area 2027 bills also carry per-acre charges (Electrical District No. 3 general $1.8386, Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation $26.00 and Pinal AMA groundwater replenishment $1.00 per acre), roughly $4 a year on a typical 0.14-acre lot, which are not counted. Other city tax areas differ: some lack the Maricopa Flood or ED3 levies, and a few add the Maricopa Consolidated Domestic Water Improvement District (3.3942).
Water: Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company, ACC Decision No. 78644 Phase 2 rates (effective January 1, 2023): $30.36 a month for a 5/8 x 3/4 or 3/4-inch meter, then $1.55, $2.53, $3.52, $4.50, $5.50 and $6.58 per 1,000 gallons in tiers ending at 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 18,000 and 25,000 gallons. The tariff gives a 60% conservation rebate when use is below 6,000 gallons; we apply it to the commodity charges (this reproduces Global Water's stated $35.73 current bill for its median customer at 5,500 gallons). Because the rebate stops at 6,000 gallons, we spread that jump over the 6,000 to 7,000 gallon step (12.634 per 1,000 gallons there), so bills between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons are approximate; at or below 6,000 and at or above 7,000 gallons they match the tariff. Typical use is 5,500 gallons (7.35 CCF), Global Water's median residential customer.
A settlement in Global Water's rate case (signed by ACC staff and RUCO, awaiting a Commission vote at the time of checking) would raise the median water bill to $38.41 from November 1, 2026 if approved (InMaricopa, Apr 29, 2026); the same settlement raises the wastewater Southwest Plant bill credit from $1.73 to $2.85, taking the typical sewer bill to about $67.22 (Palo Verde is withdrawing its wastewater case and plans to refile in 2027). This page still uses the current rates; the new water tier table was not found. Other Global Water surcharges and riders listed in its tariff (sustainable water, SIB, federal compliance and water supply fees) are not added; the tariff charges alone match the company's stated current median bill. A small part of the city (old Maricopa) is served by the Maricopa Consolidated Domestic Water Improvement District instead (system AZ0411036).
Sewer: Global Water – Palo Verde Utilities Company's flat $70.07 monthly service charge for a 5/8 x 3/4 or 3/4-inch meter less the $1.73 Southwest Plant bill credit = $68.34, the same as Global Water's stated current median wastewater bill. Trash: the City of Maricopa does not run curbside collection; households (or HOAs) contract with private haulers such as WM or Waste Connections of Arizona, so no trash cost is counted and the total omits trash; some HOAs may bundle it (not checked).
Electricity: Electrical District No. 3 Rate No. 01 Residential, standard overhead service (no seasonal or time-of-use pricing): $20.00 a month, 10.07 cents per kWh for the first 500 kWh and 11.77 cents above, each plus the 1.338-cent Purchased Power Cost Adjustor = 11.408 and 13.108 cents. Underground service pays 12.17 cents (13.508 with the PPCA) above 500 kWh; ED3's $0.29 Commitment to Community surcharge and its $30 minimum bill are not added. Typical use: 1,182 kWh a month, ED3's 2024 residential average (EIA). Gas: Southwest Gas G-5 at $10.70 a month plus $1.59037 per therm (statement effective September 1, 2026; the gas cost part changes monthly), at 24 therms, Southwest Gas's average Arizona residential customer. The City of Maricopa's 2.5% transaction privilege tax on utilities is added to electricity and gas; state and county sales taxes, any tax on water bills and the 2% Southwest Gas franchise payment to the city are not included. Insurance: Arizona's 2022 statewide average HO-3 premium (NAIC via Triple-I), not a Maricopa-specific figure.
Pending settlement (not ACC-approved) would raise the Santa Cruz typical bill to about $38.41 and the sewer credit to $2.85 around Nov 2026; not applied here.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Maricopa compares

A typical Maricopa house against the 8 Arizona cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Maricopa	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.44%	0.75%	higher than 7 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover
Water	$429	$455	lower than 4 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$820	$442	higher than 7 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$2,648	$2,828	lower than 4 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover
Home insurance	$1,018	$1,018	in the middle of 7 other Arizona cities we cover
Total	$7,357	$7,008	higher than 5 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover

Cities bill differently (some put trash on the tax bill, some cover more services), so a higher number isn't necessarily worse. The property tax rate is compared instead of dollars because house values differ.

Questions to ask your candidates

Each one starts from a number above. Any candidate can answer them.

1. Property tax rate

The fact: Maricopa's property tax rate is 1.44%, higher than 7 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Maricopa is 1.44%, higher than 7 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"

2. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $820 a year, higher than 7 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover. Some cities bill sewer on the property tax bill instead, which is not counted here.

Ask: "Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here cost about $820 a year, higher than 7 of the other 7 Arizona cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

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Common questions about Maricopa house costs

What is the property tax rate in Maricopa?

About 1.44% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year, Pinal County (tax area 2027)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Maricopa?

About $7,188 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Maricopa?

About $104 a month for water and sewer at typical use (6,000 gallons a month) on Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company.

How much does trash pickup cost in Maricopa?

Hauler service from Waste Management or Waste Connections of Arizona; not counted here

When is property tax due in Maricopa?

Nov 2, 2026: First-half 2026 property taxes become delinquent after 5 pm (November 1 falls on a Sunday); late payment costs 16% a year, prorated monthly.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Maricopa?

Yes. Seniors 65+: Senior Valuation Protection (senior freeze): Homeowners 65 or older who have lived in the home for two years can freeze its Limited Property Value for three years if gross income of all owners is no more than $47,712 for one owner or $59,640 for two or more. It freezes the value, not the tax.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Maricopa?

Income at or below 300% of poverty: Global Water Customer Assistance Program: Qualifying residential Global Water customers can receive up to $350 per year per utility service toward their bill. Household income must be at or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. Contact Community Action Human Resources Agency (CAHRA) at 520-466-1112 or The Salvation Army at 520-705-6509.

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