Coachella, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Coachella 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 Coachella house

$11,730a year · $977 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $367,600; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$4,479
1.242% of $367,600, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$641
Sewer $627 · Coachella Valley mosquito, fire ant and disease control assessment $14
Electricity and gas$4,108
1070 kWh a month $3,086 · 35 therms $827 · city utility tax $196
Water$571
21 units (CCF) a month on Coachella Water Authority: water $45, city utility tax $2 a month
Trash$438
Residential service (one trash barrel), $37 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A Coachella house at the typical market value ($367,600) pays about $11,700 a year: $5,120 property tax and charges, $570 water, $440 trash, $4,110 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:

Seniors 65+ with limited income: utility users tax exemptionNo 5% utility users tax
Seniors 65 or older whose utility bills are in their name and whose household income is under the City's limits (2026: $43,050 for one person, $49,200 for two) may be exempt from Coachella's utility users tax.
How: Submit the City's Utility Users Tax Exemption (UUTE) application with proof of age and household income; Finance Department: (760) 398-2702.
Income-qualified: IID 20% electric discount20% off the electric bill
Imperial Irrigation District's Residential Energy Assistance Designed for You program gives income-qualifying customers a 20 percent discount on their electric bill.
How: Complete a READY application with proof of income and return it to IID; IID customer service: 1-760-339-9032.
Seniors 60+: IID READY 30% discount30% off the electric bill
IID offers a 30 percent READY discount to qualifying customers age 60 or older; participants 60 or older reapply every three years.
How: Complete a READY application with proof of income and return it to IID; IID customer service: 1-760-339-9032.
Income-qualified: SoCalGas CARE20% off the gas bill
You may qualify for 20% off your monthly natural gas bill through SoCalGas's CARE program if you or someone in your household receives benefits such as Medi-Cal or CalFresh, or by household income.
How: Apply with SoCalGas's online CARE application.
Free bulky item pickup
Burrtec picks up up to four bulky items at the curb on your regular trash day, weekly, at no charge to Coachella residents.
How: Contact Burrtec at (760) 340-2113 or customerservice@burrtecdesert.com 48 business hours before your service day.
Turf removal rebate: up to $3,000Up to $3,000 rebate
Coachella Water Authority & Sanitary District's turf removal rebate pays up to $3,000 for replacing turf irrigated with potable water with desert-friendly landscaping; property owners apply, and funding is first-come, first-served.
How: Download and fill out the turf rebate application, and do not remove turf until you receive confirmation.
High-efficiency toilet rebate: up to $150Up to $150 rebate
Coachella Water Authority and Sanitary District offers rebates up to $150 toward a toilet using 1.28 gallons or less per flush to replace one using 3.5 gallons per flush or more, while funding lasts.
How: Complete and submit the application to Coachella Water Authority and Sanitary District, 53462 Enterprise Drive, Coachella, with a copy of your receipt.

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, so it is often far below market: use the assessed value on your tax bill. Many newer Coachella tracts also pay a Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District assessment (40 districts, roughly $25 to $950 a year depending on the tract) and homes permitted since 2005 in Community Facilities District 2005-1 pay its $1,607.22 special tax for 2026-27; these are not in the total, so check your bill.

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 Coachella house uses about 21.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your Imperial Irrigation District (IID) 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 Riverside County (filing period July 2 to November 30, 2026).
Dec 9, 2026in 47 daysPublic hearing on proposed Coachella water and sewer rate changes; if approved, the proposed water rates would take effect January 1, 2027.
Dec 10in 48 daysFirst property tax installment is due Nov 1 and becomes delinquent Dec 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty.
Feb 15in 115 daysLast day for a first-time homeowners' exemption claim to get the full exemption for the year.

Who serves this house

Water: Coachella Water Authority; Coachella Water Authority bills monthly: a meter charge ($13.80 for a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch meter) plus $1.50 per HCF for 0-41 HCF and $1.65 per HCF over 41 HCF. These rates took effect January 1, 2015 and have not been adjusted since.
Property tax: 1.24% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Riverside County (tax rate area 012-000, Coachella: Coachella Valley Unified, Desert Community College and CVWD State Water Project)
Garbage: Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services; Burrtec has provided all solid waste disposal services for Coachella residents and businesses since 2006; residential solid waste charges are collected through the county tax roll.
Sewer: Coachella Sanitary District; The Coachella Sanitary District provides sewer service to about 8,000 customers; the single-family sewer charge is collected annually on the County property tax bill.
Electricity: Imperial Irrigation District (IID); IID provides electrical service to the City of Coachella.
Gas: SoCalGas; The City of Coachella lists So. California Gas Co. for gas.
Schools: Coachella Valley Unified + Desert Community College; Coachella's tax rate area 012-000 includes Coachella Valley Unified School District and Desert Community College.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: The Coachella Water Authority's drinking water is groundwater from the Whitewater River Subbasin of the Coachella Valley Groundwater Basin, pumped from municipal wells including Wells 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
Chromium-6: Samples reviewed May 12, 2025 showed hexavalent chromium at 12 to 22 µg/L (ppb), above California's 10 ppb MCL. CWA's compliance plan was accepted by the Division of Drinking Water on November 3, 2025, with a construction completion deadline of July 3, 2031.
Hardness: Total hardness (as CaCO3) ranged from 43 to 72 ppm, averaging 57.6 ppm, in 2025.
Lead: In 2023 lead and copper tap samples from 38 residences, the 90th percentile levels were below the action levels, with no action level exceedances.

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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: Coachella Water Authority's current rates (in effect since January 1, 2015): $13.80 a month for a 5/8- or 3/4-inch meter plus $1.50 per HCF up to 41 HCF and $1.65 above, plus the City's 5% utility users tax. We start at 21 HCF a month, the average single-family use in the City's October 2026 rate study ($45.30 a month before tax). Not included: CVWD's Replenishment Assessment Charge, which the City says is itemized on CWA bills, because we could not find its per-HCF amount, so the water figure is a floor; your bill will be higher. The City proposes new water rates from January 1, 2027 ($19.67 meter charge and tiered rates of $2.89 to $3.84 per HCF in 2027) and new sewer rates; the hearing is December 9, 2026, and the page will be updated if they are adopted.
Sewer and trash are on the property tax bill. Sewer: the Coachella Sanitary District's single-family charge, $49.74 a month ($596.88 a year) plus the 5% utility users tax ($29.84), $626.72 a year (FY 2026/2027 sewer charge report, Resolution SD-2026-03, July 22, 2026). Trash: Burrtec residential service at $36.53 a month ($438.36 a year), the amount in the City's 2026-27 tax file (Resolution 2026-39, June 24, 2026). The staff report quotes the residential rate as $38.36 a month without saying how it differs from the tax file; $38.36 is 5% above $36.53, but neither document says a utility users tax is added to trash, so we use the tax-file amount, which is the amount on the tax roll, and show trash without any added tax. Extra barrels ($9.84 a month each) and walk-up service change this line.
Property tax: Riverside County's 2026-27 rates (Resolution 2026-153, adopted August 25, 2026) for tax rate area 012-000, the area named Coachella in the Auditor-Controller's lists: the 1% levy, Coachella Valley Unified (0.09719%), Desert Community College (0.035%) and CVWD's State Water Project rate (0.11%), about 1.242% in total, less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption, applied to the value you enter. Twelve of Coachella's 68 tax rate areas are in Desert Sands Unified instead (0.075%, about 0.022 points lower). The starting value is the Census median market value; under Prop 13 a home's assessed value can be far lower.
Fixed charges on the tax bill: the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District's assessment ($14.39 per single-family home in Zone A, FY 2026-27), plus the sewer and trash lines above. Not included because they apply only to some tracts and vary: Coachella's 40 Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Districts (about 5,270 parcels on the 2026 roll; the district averages range from about $25 to $950 a year, and about half of those parcels are in districts averaging $700 or more), and Community Facilities District 2005-1 for police, fire and paramedic services ($1,607.22 a year for 2026-27 on homes permitted since 2005 in its annexed tracts, about 2,130 parcels). School or other CFD special taxes on some newer tracts are also not included. Your tax bill lists them.
Electricity: IID's Schedule D residential rate effective January 1, 2026 ($11.40 a month plus 22.30 cents per kWh, the same all year), with IID's 2.85% public benefits charge applied to both ($11.72 plus 22.94 cents per kWh) and the Energy Cost Adjustment at zero as IID's rate update states; we start at IID's 1,070 kWh monthly residential average. 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. Coachella's 5% utility users tax is added to electricity, gas and water. Insurance starts at the 2022 California average.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Coachella compares

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

Per year	Coachella	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.24%	1.13%	higher than 96 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$544	$955	lower than 103 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$27	$584	lower than 74 of the other 76 California cities we cover
Trash	$438	$438	in the middle of 101 other California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$4,108	$3,556	higher than 101 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	$11,730	$15,240	lower than 94 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. Property tax rate

The fact: Coachella's property tax rate is 1.24%, higher than 96 of the other 109 California cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Coachella is 1.24%, higher than 96 of the other 109 California cities we cover. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"

2. Water

The fact: Water here costs about $544 a year at typical use, lower than 103 of the other 109 California cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $544 a year at typical use, lower than 103 of the other 109 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $27 a year, lower than 74 of the other 76 California 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 $27 a year, lower than 74 of the other 76 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

4. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $4,108 a year, higher than 101 of the other 109 California cities we cover. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $4,108 a year for a typical house, higher than 101 of the other 109 California cities we cover. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"

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Common questions about Coachella house costs

What is the property tax rate in Coachella?

About 1.24% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Riverside County (tax rate area 012-000, Coachella: Coachella Valley Unified, Desert Community College and CVWD State Water Project)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $627, Coachella Valley mosquito, fire ant and disease control assessment $14).

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

About $6,765 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $641 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Coachella?

About $45 a month for water at typical use (21 units, or 15,708 gallons a month) on Coachella Water Authority.

How much does trash pickup cost in Coachella?

$37 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Coachella?

Dec 10: First property tax installment is due Nov 1 and becomes delinquent Dec 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty. Apr 10: Second property tax installment is due Feb 1 and becomes delinquent Apr 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Coachella?

Yes. Seniors 65+ with limited income: utility users tax exemption: Seniors 65 or older whose utility bills are in their name and whose household income is under the City's limits (2026: $43,050 for one person, $49,200 for two) may be exempt from Coachella's utility users tax.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Coachella?

Income-qualified: IID 20% electric discount: Imperial Irrigation District's Residential Energy Assistance Designed program gives income-qualifying customers a 20 percent discount on their electric bill. Complete a READY application with proof of income and return it to IID; IID customer service: 1-760-339-9032.

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