Chino Hills, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Chino Hills 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 Chino Hills house

$16,347a year · $1,362 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $874,900; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

A Chino Hills house at the typical market value ($874,900) pays about $16,300 a year: $9,610 property tax and charges, $1,410 water and sewer, $370 trash, $3,460 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:

Low income: water bill discount (LIRA)$10 off each monthly water bill
The City's Low-Income Rate Assistance program takes $10 off the monthly water meter charge for 12 monthly bills. You must live at the home, have a meter of 1 inch or smaller, have the account in your name and show you are enrolled in SCE or SoCalGas CARE. A new application is required every year.
How: Apply online, by mail or at the Utility Billing counter at City Hall, 14000 City Center Drive.
Free bulky item pickups
Residents with curbside cart service get three free bulky item pickups a year, up to ten items each, for furniture, appliances and similar items.
How: Call WM at (800) 423-9986 at least 24 hours before your regular collection day.
Disabled residents: free backyard cart service
WM provides backyard cart service at no additional charge to qualified disabled cart customers; able-bodied customers who choose it pay a $17.32 surcharge.
How: Call WM at (800) 423-9986 to see if you qualify.
Free used motor oil pickup
WM offers free pickup of residentially generated used motor oil and oil filters: oil in a screw-top container, filters in sealed plastic bags.
How: Call WM at (800) 423-9986 to schedule a pickup.

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What you know

Value before exemptionsUnder Prop 13 your assessed value starts at your purchase price and can rise at most 2% a year, so it is often far below market: use the assessed value on your tax bill. About 12,900 parcels also pay a Landscape and Lighting District No. 1 assessment for 2026-27, per home: $489.00 in Zone 1-HD (Los Ranchos/Oaks, 5,601 parcels), $252.08 in Zone 1-MD (Rincon/Butterfield, 3,615), $239.16 in Zone 1-A (Rolling Ridge, 2,879), $281.06 in Zone 1-B and $357.72 in Zone 1-P. Homes in a Mello-Roos CFD pay a special tax of up to $702.68 a year (CFDs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, for at most 25 years from first occupancy) or about $1,663 to $3,054 (CFD 10 Fairfield Ranch maximums). Your tax bill lists them.

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 San Bernardino County (filing runs July 2 to November 30, 2026).
Dec 10in 48 daysFirst property tax installment (due Nov 1) is delinquent 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 delinquent after Apr 10: 10% penalty.

Who serves this house

Water: City of Chino Hills; City of Chino Hills budget-based water rates, unchanged since July 1, 2022: a monthly service charge by meter size, $3.05 per ccf within the indoor budget (Tier 1), $4.20 within the outdoor budget (Tier 2) and $4.51 above it (Tier 3); homes in the intermediate and high elevation zones pay an extra $0.15 or $0.54 per ccf.
Property tax: 1.11% of value; 2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Chino Valley Unified tax rate area 024-068)
Garbage: WM (Waste Management); The City contracts with WM for all trash, recycling and organics collection; WM bills residential service monthly.
Sewer: City of Chino Hills + Inland Empire Utilities Agency; The City's monthly bill carries a City Sewer Maintenance Charge and the IEUA sewer treatment pass-through charge.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; Southern California Edison serves the residents and businesses in the City of Chino Hills.
Gas: Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas); Southern California Gas Co. serves customers in the City of Chino Hills.
Schools: Chino Valley Unified School District; The City's public schools are in the Chino Valley Unified School District.

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Your water

Source: Chino Hills' water is a mix of groundwater from City-owned wells, Monte Vista Water District wells and Chino Basin Desalter Authority wells, and State Water Project surface water bought through the Water Facilities Authority and Monte Vista Water District.
Lead: In the City's latest lead sampling (2024), the 90th percentile was 0 ppb and none of the 30 sites exceeded the action level; the City's service line inventory found no lead lines.

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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.
Water (City of Chino Hills, rates unchanged since July 1, 2022): the 3/4-inch meter's $42.86 monthly service charge (the City's 2018 rate study calls a 3/4-inch meter typical for a single-family home; a 5/8-inch meter is $30.10), $3.05 per ccf up to the indoor budget (55 gallons per person per day for four people, about 8.82 ccf a month) and $4.20 per ccf above it. Each home's outdoor budget depends on its lot size and the month's weather, so we price all use above the indoor budget at the Tier 2 rate; use beyond your outdoor budget costs $4.51 per ccf, and homes in the intermediate or high elevation zones pay $0.15 or $0.54 more per ccf. The City publishes no typical household use, so the page starts at 9 ccf a month.
Sewer: the City's FY 2026-27 charge of $47.25 a month per home on the monthly City bill ($29.45 IEUA treatment pass-through plus the $17.80 City operation and maintenance fee), the gravity-flow rate; pumped-flow areas add $2.48. Trash: WM's basic three-cart service at $30.43 a month from July 1, 2026, billed monthly by WM.
Property tax: tax rate area 024-068 (Chino Valley Unified, Chaffey Community College and Metropolitan Water District), about 1.1062% in total from San Bernardino County's 2026-27 rates (Resolution 2026-133), less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption, applied to the value you enter. We picked 024-068 because it has the most parcels with a homeowners' exemption in the county parcel map; the city's other tax rate areas in the county's rate book carry the same school and water district rates. The starting value is the Census median market value; under Prop 13 a home's assessed value can be far lower.
Fixed charges: Special Maintenance Area 1 street sweeping at $12.10 a year for local-street parcels ($2.34 for parcels on arterial streets only), which about three-quarters of homeowner-occupied single-family parcels pay in the 2026-27 roll. Not included because they depend on the neighborhood: Landscape and Lighting District No. 1 zones ($48 to $489 a year per home; about 60% of homeowner-occupied single-family parcels are in one, most often Zone 1-HD at $489), the Vellano district ($1,594.78 or $321.69), the Los Serranos lighting district, and Mello-Roos CFD special taxes (CFDs 1 to 9 up to $702.68 a year for 25 years from first occupancy; CFD 10 Fairfield Ranch by building size). Your tax bill lists them.
Electricity: SCE's standard Domestic rate with SCE generation from SCE's joint rate comparison with neighboring Pomona Choice Energy ($0.37392 per kWh in total, SCE rates as of June 1, 2026; its $195.56 average bill at 523 kWh is that rate times the usage, so a year-round average), plus SCE's $24.15 monthly Base Services Charge. Gas: SoCalGas's August 2026 average non-CARE bill ($68.91 at 35 therms), taken as including the $0.16-a-day customer charge (about $4.87 a month), so $4.87 a month plus $1.830 per therm. Insurance starts at the 2022 California average.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Chino Hills compares

A typical Chino Hills house against the 110 California cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Chino Hills	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.11%	1.13%	lower than 73 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$846	$955	lower than 74 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$567	$584	lower than 40 of the other 76 California cities we cover
Trash	$365	$438	lower than 83 of the other 101 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,463	$3,556	lower than 67 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Home insurance	$1,492	$1,492	in the middle of 108 other California cities we cover
Total	$16,347	$15,240	higher than 65 of the other 109 California 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. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $365 a year for the standard cart, lower than 83 of the other 101 California cities we cover. Where trash is billed through the tax bill or a separate hauler, it is not counted here.

Ask: "Trash pickup here costs about $365 a year for the standard cart, lower than 83 of the other 101 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

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Common questions about Chino Hills house costs

What is the property tax rate in Chino Hills?

About 1.11% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Chino Valley Unified tax rate area 024-068)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Special Maintenance Area 1 street sweeping (local street parcels) $12).

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

About $5,466 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $12 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Chino Hills?

About $118 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on City of Chino Hills.

How much does trash pickup cost in Chino Hills?

$30 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Chino Hills?

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

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Chino Hills?

Low income: water bill discount (LIRA): The City's Low-Income Rate Assistance program takes $10 off the monthly water meter charge for 12 monthly bills. You must live at the home, have a meter of 1 inch or smaller, have the account in your name and show you are enrolled in SCE or SoCalGas CARE. A new application is required every year. Apply online, by mail or at the Utility Billing counter at City Hall, 14000 City Center Drive.

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

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