Carson, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Carson 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 Carson house

$10,605a year · $884 a month

Starts at $352,740 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$4,056
1.173% of $352,740, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$357
Sewer $244 · LA County Measure W Safe Clean Water tax (median single-family parcel) $84 · Metropolitan Water District water standby charge (Central Basin) $10 · Greater LA County Vector Control assessment $19
Electricity and gas$3,575
523 kWh a month $2,637 · 35 therms $869 · city utility tax $70
Water$790
9 units (CCF) a month on California Water Service (Dominguez): water $66 a month
Trash$335
Standard service (96-gallon trash, recycling and organics carts), billed yearly on the property tax bill; the City's rate schedule, $28 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A typical Carson house pays about $10,600 a year: $4,410 property tax and charges, $790 water, $330 trash, $3,580 electricity and gas, $1,490 home insurance. 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:

Homeowners' exemption
A qualifying owner-occupied home gets a $7,000 reduction in taxable value.
How: File the claim with the county assessor where the property is located; first-time claims by February 15 get the full exemption for the year.

Adjust to match your bills

What you know

Value before exemptionsUnder Prop 13 your assessed value starts at your purchase price and can rise at most 2% a year: use the assessed value on your tax bill. These rates are for the Los Angeles Unified part of Carson; homes in other school districts pay different bond rates.

I live here and have the Homeowners' exemption

Home insurance, a yearFrom your policy. We start at $1,492, NAIC data via the Insurance Information Institute; California figures from the California Department of Insurance.

Earthquake insurance, a yearSeparate from home insurance. Most owners don't have it.

Your use

Water, units a month

On your water bill. 1 unit (CCF) is 748 gallons. A typical house uses 7–12.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your Southern California Edison bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Nov 30, 2026in 38 daysLast day to file a 2026 regular assessment appeal in LA County (filing runs July 2 to November 30).
Dec 10in 48 daysFirst property tax installment (due Nov 1) is late after Dec 10: 10% penalty.
Feb 15in 115 daysLast day for a first-time homeowners' exemption claim to get the full exemption for the year.
Apr 10Second property tax installment (due Feb 1) is late after Apr 10: 10% penalty plus $10.

Who serves this house

Water: California Water Service (Dominguez); California Water Service, South Bay Region Schedule SBR-1-R: monthly service charge plus quantity rates per CCF.
Property tax: 1.17% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County
Garbage: WM; Most Carson residents pay for standard trash and recycling service through their Los Angeles County property tax bill.
Sewer: LA County Sanitation District No. 8; District 8 is listed in the Sanitation Districts' service charge table.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; SCE bundled Domestic rate.
Gas: SoCalGas; Southern California Gas Company lists Carson among the cities it serves.

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How these numbers are made

Individual bills are confidential in California, so we calculate yours from public rates and what you tell us.
Taxes use the LA County 2026-27 rates for the Los Angeles Unified part of Carson with the $7,000 homeowners exemption; flat charges are Measure W (county median for Carson), the Central Basin MWD standby charge and the GLACVCD vector assessment.
Trash: the City's maximum rate schedule for July 2024 to June 2025 shows $334.54 a year on the tax bill for standard service; WM says rates did not change when it replaced Waste Resources on May 1, 2026. We could not find a 2026-27 schedule.
Water: Cal Water SBR-1-R tariff effective 10/1/2026 (subject to refund). Surcharges are not included. Parts of Carson are served by other water suppliers. The water bill is very sensitive to monthly usage because the rate jumps from $1.93 to $7.73 per ccf after 6 ccf, so enter your own usage; the default usage is an assumption, not a Carson figure. Sewer: the $243.96 is a District 8 FY2026-27 figure we could not confirm as adopted (the District's report was not reachable); the last adopted rate we saw was lower.
Electric and gas use the SCE July 2026 domestic rate and SoCalGas March 2026 averages as in other Southern California pages. The 2% utility users tax is added to electricity and gas from a June 2022 City notice (we did not read the code text); seniors 62+ and low-income households are exempt and the estimate does not apply that exemption.
If standard service is not on the tax bill, WM likely bills directly; extra carts are billed monthly by WM. UUT per June 2022 City notice: seniors 62+ and low-income households are exempt.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Carson house costs

What is the property tax rate in Carson?

About 1.17% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $244, LA County Measure W Safe Clean Water tax (median single-family parcel) $84, Metropolitan Water District water standby charge (Central Basin) $10, Greater LA County Vector Control assessment $19).

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

About $6,141 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $357 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Carson?

About $66 a month for water at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on California Water Service (Dominguez).

How much does trash pickup cost in Carson?

$28 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Carson?

Dec 10: First property tax installment (due Nov 1) is late after Dec 10: 10% penalty. Apr 10: Second property tax installment (due Feb 1) is late after Apr 10: 10% penalty plus $10.

How much does a house in Carson cost to run each year?

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