Fontana, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Fontana 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 Fontana house

$13,390a year · $1,116 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $586,800; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

A Fontana house at the typical market value ($586,800) pays about $13,400 a year: $6,420 property tax and charges, $1,570 water and sewer, $450 trash, $3,460 electricity and gas, $1,490 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 21, 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 60+: senior trash rate$30.10 instead of $37.63 a month
Burrtec's senior residential rate is $30.10 a month, against $37.63 for standard service (a 20% discount). You must be 60 or older, the head of household, a homeowner living at the property, and the solid waste account must be in your name.
How: Fill out Burrtec's senior citizen discount application (Burrtec, 909-987-3717) and attach a copy of your driver's license or ID card.
Low income: Fontana Water Company CAP$12 off each monthly water bill
Qualifying low-income households with a 1-inch or smaller meter get a $12.00 monthly discount on Fontana Water Company bills. The income limit (valid June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027) is $43,280 for 1-2 people and $66,000 for 4; CARE customers for gas or electric may also qualify.
How: Fill out the CAP application form and hand-deliver, mail or email it to Fontana Water Company.
Free bulky item pickups
Residents can request up to three free curbside collections of large or bulky items in a 12-month period, up to five items per collection, including electronic waste.
How: Call Burrtec's Customer Service Department (Burrtec Customer Service: (909) 822-9739) one week before your scheduled collection day.
Seniors and disabled residents: free pull-out service
Burrtec provides complimentary pull-out or back-yard service for senior and handicapped residents.
How: Call Burrtec at (909) 822-9739.

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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. Many newer tracts, mostly in north Fontana, also pay Mello-Roos (CFD) special taxes that are not included here: for 2026-27, 14,464 parcels pay the City's maintenance CFD taxes (most about $270 to $1,080 a year), and the bond-funded CFDs charge detached homes from about $830 to over $4,000 a year. 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 Fontana house uses about 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) becomes delinquent on Apr 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty.

Who serves this house

Water: Depends on your address; Five water companies, including Fontana Water Company
Property tax: 1.11% of value; 2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Fontana tax rate area 010-000)
Garbage: Burrtec Waste Industries; The City contracts with Burrtec for trash and recycling; residential trash, recycling and organics barrel service is billed on the annual San Bernardino County property tax bill.
Sewer: City of Fontana + Inland Empire Utilities Agency; The City of Fontana charges for collecting and moving wastewater through its pipes; IEUA (or the City of Rialto in some areas) charges for treating it, and the City bills sewer service.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; Southern California Edison is the City's listed electricity provider.
Gas: SoCalGas; SoCal Gas is the City's listed gas provider.

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Your water

Source: In 2025 about 73% of Fontana Water Company's water was groundwater from the Chino, Rialto and Lytle basins, 12% local surface water from Lytle Creek and 15% State Water Project water.
Hardness: Groundwater hardness averaged 151.35 ppm as calcium carbonate (range 97.8 to 187) in 2025 testing; surface water averaged 134 ppm.
Lead: Lead at household taps (2024 sampling of 50 samples): 90th percentile not detected, 0 samples over the action level; the company found no lead or galvanized service lines requiring replacement.
Perchlorate: Perchlorate in groundwater sources ranged from not detected to 3.9 ppb (average 0.7 ppb) in 2025, against a 6 ppb limit.

Fontana has five water companies. West Valley Water District and Cucamonga Valley Water District serve some neighborhoods at their own rates (shown as other options here); check the provider on your water bill.

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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: Fontana has five water companies. By our count of homes with a homeowners' exemption inside each system's boundary on the EPA service-area map, Fontana Water Company serves about 79%, West Valley Water District about 11% and Cucamonga Valley Water District about 9%, so Fontana Water Company is the default. Fontana Water Company (Schedule FO-1C, effective July 20, 2026, from the 2026-27 rate case decision): the 5/8 x 3/4-inch meter charge of $24.01 a month and $4.7852, $5.5028 and $7.1536 per Ccf for the first 11, next 13 and over 24 Ccf a month, each plus the $0.3605 per Ccf CAP surcharge paid by non-CAP customers. Left out: the temporary $0.1751 per Ccf surcharge (24 months from March 1, 2025), the $5.08 monthly sur-credit (August 2025 to January 2027), the one-time $6.34 credit of September 2026, the $0.0128 per Ccf surcharge requested from November 1, 2026 (Advice Letter 636), and the CPUC reimbursement fee (Schedule AA-UF). The page starts at 12 Ccf a month, the average-use residential customer in the CPUC's fact sheet for the rate case. West Valley Water District (January 1, 2026): $23.82 a month for a 5/8- or 3/4-inch meter plus $2.33, $2.54 and $2.73 per unit for 1-10, 11-30 and over 30 units. Cucamonga Valley Water District (January 1, 2026): $28.26 for a 3/4-inch meter plus IEUA's $5.40 fixed pass-through, and $1.88, $2.33, $4.46 and $4.70 per HCF (tiers 0-6, 6-18, 18-36 and over 36 HCF, MWD pass-through included in tiers 3 and 4).
Sewer: the City of Fontana's flat charge per home (one equivalent dwelling unit), $14.55 collection plus $29.45 IEUA treatment, $44.00 a month from July 1, 2026 (Resolution 2026-068, adopted June 23, 2026). Homes in the part of the city whose sewage goes to the City of Rialto pay $89.90 for treatment instead ($104.45 in total). Homes on septic systems pay no sewer charge. Trash: Burrtec's single-family residential rate of $37.63 a month (rates effective July 1, 2025, still listed as the 2026 rate), collected yearly on the property tax bill (about $452 a year).
Property tax: tax rate area 010-000 (Fontana Unified, Chaffey Community College and Metropolitan Water District), the area with the most parcels with a homeowners' exemption in the county parcel map (about 19% of them); areas with the same districts hold about 56%. San Bernardino County's 2026-27 rates (Resolution 2026-133): about 1.1068% in total, less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption, applied to the value you enter. Other parts of Fontana have different school and water districts: north Fontana areas in Etiwanda Elementary and Chaffey Union High (about 24% of exempt homes) total about 1.072%; Fontana Unified areas in San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District instead of MWD about 1.138%; and Colton Joint Unified areas with San Bernardino Community College and Valley District about 1.208%. The starting value is the Census median market value; under Prop 13 a home's assessed value can be far lower.
Fixed charges: the trash charge is the only flat charge counted for a typical older home on the tax bill (it is shown under Trash). Not included because they depend on the neighborhood: Mello-Roos community facilities districts (CFDs) in newer tracts, mostly in north Fontana (14,464 parcels in the City's maintenance CFDs for 2026-27, and bond-funded CFDs whose 2026-27 rates for detached homes run from about $830 to over $4,000 a year), Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 (2,825 parcels, $77.76 to $495.92 a year per home) and the Village of Heritage and Hunter's Ridge landscape and lighting districts. 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 Fontana compares

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

Per year	Fontana	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.11%	1.13%	lower than 71 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$1,038	$955	higher than 69 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$528	$584	lower than 44 of the other 76 California cities we cover
Trash	$452	$438	higher than 58 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	$13,390	$15,240	lower than 78 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.

Common questions about Fontana house costs

What is the property tax rate in Fontana?

About 1.11% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Fontana tax rate area 010-000)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $5,457 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption.

How much is the water bill in Fontana?

About $130 a month for water and sewer at typical use (12 units, or 8,976 gallons a month) on Fontana Water Company.

How much does trash pickup cost in Fontana?

$38 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Fontana?

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) becomes delinquent on Apr 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Fontana?

Yes. Seniors 60+: senior trash rate: Burrtec's senior residential rate is $30.10 a month, against $37.63 for standard service (a 20% discount). You must be 60 or older, the head of household, a homeowner living at the property, and the solid waste account must be in your name.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Fontana?

Low income: Fontana Water Company CAP: Qualifying low-income households with a 1-inch or smaller meter get a $12.00 monthly discount on Fontana Water Company bills. The income limit (valid June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027) is $43,280 for 1-2 people and $66,000 for 4; CARE customers for gas or electric may also qualify. Fill out the CAP application form and hand-deliver, mail or email it to Fontana Water Company.

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

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