Emeryville, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Emeryville home costs each year

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 Emeryville house

$14,078a year · $1,173 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $604,800; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$6,876
1.150% of $604,800, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$341
EBMUD wet weather facilities charge (lot up to 5,000 sq ft) $173 · AC Transit Measure VV parcel tax $96 · Peralta Community College Measure E parcel tax $48 · SF Bay Restoration Authority Measure AA $12 · East Bay Regional Park District special tax (CFD A/C-3) $12
Electricity and gas$3,811
499.9 kWh a month $2,623 · 31.72 therms $989 · city utility tax $199
Water and sewer$1,236
5 units (CCF) a month on East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD): water $71, sewer $32 a month
Trash$322
32-gal trash, $27 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

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A Emeryville house at the typical market value ($604,800) costs about $14,100 a year: $7,220 property tax and charges, $1,240 water and sewer, $320 trash, $3,810 electricity and gas, $1,490 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 29, 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:

Switch to the 20-gal trash cartUp to $128 a year
Your cart costs $27 a month; the smallest costs $16. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call your garbage hauler.
Low-income households: 12.5% off trash12.5% off
WM's Emeryville rate sheet lists a 12.5% low-income discount on residential trash rates, for example $23.51 instead of $26.87 for a 32-gallon cart.
How: See WM's Emeryville rate sheet for the low-income rate.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartThe price is set by the size of your trash cart (curbside collection). Rates include franchise fees.

Value before exemptionsEnter your assessed value from your tax bill: under Prop 13 it is often well below what the house would sell for. Not included: Emery Unified's Measure K parcel taxes (the district says Measure K 2014 and Measure K 2020 each levy 15 cents per square foot of total building area a year, so a 1,500 sq ft home pays at least $225; the district has a senior exemption), and any City of Emeryville parcel taxes, whose 2026-27 amounts we could not find in an official document.

I live here and have the Homeowners' exemption

Home insurance, a yearFrom your policy. We start at $1,492, California statewide average, NAIC data for 2022 as published by 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 Emeryville house uses about 5.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your Ava Community Energy (Renewable 100 generation) with PG&E delivery bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Dec 10in 35 daysLast day to pay the first installment of secured property taxes without penalty; also the deadline for late homeowners' and veterans' exemption claims.
Feb 15in 102 daysDeadline to file the homeowners', veterans' and disabled veterans' exemption claims.
Apr 10Last day to pay the second installment of secured property taxes without penalty.
Jul 2 – Sep 15Window to file an assessment appeal with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

Who serves this house

Water: East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD); EBMUD rates effective July 1, 2026: a $28.60 monthly service charge for a 5/8 or 3/4 inch meter ($57.20 on a bimonthly bill) plus $8.40 per unit (CCF) for the first 7 units a month, $9.74 from 7 to 16 units and $11.49 above 16 units for single-family homes. Most homes are billed every two months
Property tax: 1.15% of value; 2024-25 tax year, Alameda County tax rate area 14-00 (City of Emeryville)
Garbage: Waste Management (WM); WM collects trash in Emeryville; the monthly rate is set by your trash cart size and includes franchise fees.
Sewer: EBMUD; EBMUD provides wastewater treatment services for Emeryville.
Electricity: Ava Community Energy generation, PG&E delivery; Emeryville's default for residents (except those on CARE, FERA or Medical Baseline) is Ava's Renewable 100 service.
Gas: PG&E; Emeryville is in PG&E's gas service territory.
Schools: Emery Unified School District; Emery Unified School District bonds are part of the property tax rate.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: EBMUD's main supply is snow and rain in the Mokelumne River watershed in the Sierra Nevada, carried 90 miles by aqueduct to East Bay treatment plants and reservoirs.
Lead: EBMUD says its treatment plants supply no lead; in the latest required tap sampling, 0 of 53 sites were above the lead action level.
PFAS: EBMUD has finished its initial PFAS monitoring under the new rules, and all results so far have met the standards.

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How these numbers are made

Garbage: WM's Emeryville single-family curbside rates effective January 1, 2026 (monthly, franchise fees included): $16.22 for a 20-gallon cart, $26.87 for 32, $53.72 for 64 and $80.56 for 96.
Water: EBMUD Schedule A from July 1, 2026, monthly-billing column: $28.60 service charge for a 5/8 or 3/4 inch meter, $8.40 per unit for the first 7 units, $9.74 to 16 units and $11.49 above. No elevation surcharge is assumed. The page starts at 5 units a month, EBMUD's median single-family use. Sewer: EBMUD wastewater (July 1, 2026): $10.94 service + $11.38 strength + $0.20 Bay pollution prevention fee = $22.52 a month, plus $1.97 per unit of water up to 9 units. Emeryville's own sewer user charge (set by City Council resolution) is NOT included because no current amount is published in a document we could find.
Property tax: the 2024-25 rates for tax rate area 14-00 from the City's FY 2025 financial report (1% general levy plus County GO bond 0.0089%, Emery Unified bonds 0.0421%, Peralta bonds 0.0394%, BART 0.0148%, East Bay Regional Park 0.0013% and City bonds 0.0437%, 1.1502% in all), less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption. Flat charges listed are only district-wide ones we could source; Emeryville city parcel taxes are not included. The starting value is the Census median (market), not an assessed value.
Electricity: PG&E schedule E-1 (June 1, 2026) Tier 1 and Tier 2 totals plus 1.75 cents per kWh for Ava's Renewable 100 default service; PG&E's $0.79343 a day base services charge is $24.13 a month; baseline territory T, about 218 kWh a month. Typical use is PG&E's 2024 residential average from EIA. The 5.5% utility users tax applies to electricity and gas. Not included: PG&E's California Climate Credit.
Gas: PG&E G-1 (Oct. 1, 2026) $2.42480 and $2.92792 per therm plus the $0.12103 public purpose surcharge, territory T baseline, about 28.4 therms a month; typical use is California's 2024 residential average (EIA). Insurance is the 2022 California average homeowners premium (NAIC via the Insurance Information Institute).
Tax rate: the 2025-26 Alameda County tax rate book for tax rate area 14-000 could not be opened (county site blocks automated access; the book is only in a SharePoint viewer), so the 2024-25 City financial report rates stand and are not reconciled to a third-party aggregator's higher totals. Measure K is per square foot of building area and the calculator has no house-size input, so it is described in the tax note rather than added as a flat charge.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Emeryville compares

A typical Emeryville house against the 285 California cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Emeryville	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.15%	1.13%	higher than 181 of the other 284 California cities we cover
Water	$847	$927	lower than 161 of the other 284 California cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$388	$596	lower than 144 of the other 196 California cities we cover
Trash	$322	$452	lower than 245 of the other 267 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,811	$3,421	higher than 247 of the other 284 California cities we cover
Home insurance	$1,492	$1,492	lower than 1 of the other 272 California cities we cover
Total	$14,078	$14,432	lower than 149 of the other 284 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 $322 a year for the standard cart, lower than 245 of the other 267 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 $322 a year for the standard cart, lower than 245 of the other 267 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

2. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $3,811 a year, higher than 247 of the other 284 California cities we cover. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $3,811 a year for a typical house, higher than 247 of the other 284 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 Emeryville house costs

What is the property tax rate in Emeryville?

About 1.15% of the value before exemptions a year (2024-25 tax year, Alameda County tax rate area 14-00 (City of Emeryville)), plus flat charges on the same bill (EBMUD wet weather facilities charge (lot up to 5,000 sq ft) $173, AC Transit Measure VV parcel tax $96, Peralta Community College Measure E parcel tax $48, SF Bay Restoration Authority Measure AA $12).

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

About $6,012 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $341 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Emeryville?

About $103 a month for water and sewer at typical use (5 units, or 3,740 gallons a month) on East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD).

How much does trash pickup cost in Emeryville?

$16 to $81 a month, depending on the trash cart size (20-gal trash, 32-gal trash, 64-gal trash, 96-gal trash).

When is property tax due in Emeryville?

Dec 10: Last day to pay the first installment of secured property taxes without penalty; also the deadline for late homeowners' and veterans' exemption claims. Apr 10: Last day to pay the second installment of secured property taxes without penalty.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Emeryville?

Low-income households: 12.5% off trash: WM's Emeryville rate sheet lists a 12.5% low-income discount on residential trash rates, for example $23.51 instead of $26.87 for a 32-gallon cart. See WM's Emeryville rate sheet for the low-income rate.

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

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