Highland, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Highland 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 Highland house

$12,242a year · $1,020 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $485,600; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

A Highland house at the typical market value ($485,600) pays about $12,200 a year: $5,620 property tax and charges, $1,250 water and sewer, $420 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:

Switch to the low volume generator: 35-gallon trash, recycling and organics carts cartUp to $97 a year
Your cart costs $35 a month; the smallest costs $27. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call your garbage hauler.
Homeowners' exemption: $7,000 off your taxable value$7,000 off taxable value
California gives a $7,000 reduction in the taxable value of a qualifying owner-occupied home; the home must have been your principal residence on January 1.
How: Claim it with your county assessor.
Four free bulky item pickups a year
Each residential customer gets four free curbside bulky item collections per calendar year, up to five items each.
How: Schedule with Burrtec at (909) 889-1969.
Free first cart replacement or cleaning
The first cart replacement or cleaning request is free; each additional exchange is $19.88.
How: Ask Burrtec about a cart replacement or cleaning.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartStandard service is one 95-gallon trash cart, one 95-gallon recycling cart and one 95-gallon organics cart; an additional trash cart is $10.34 a month.

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. Homes east of City Creek are in Redlands Unified (bonds 0.0009871228 instead of 0.0008894654); your bill lists any other direct charges.

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

Who serves this house

Water: East Valley Water District; East Valley Water District provides water service to Highland.
Property tax: 1.17% of value; 2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Highland; rates for San Bernardino City Unified School District area)
Garbage: Burrtec Waste Industries; Burrtec Waste Industries collects residential trash, recycling and organics; the annual cost is included on the San Bernardino County property tax bill.
Sewer: East Valley Water District; East Valley Water District charges a monthly wastewater fixed charge per equivalent dwelling unit.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; The City of Highland's resource directory lists Southern California Edison for electric service.
Gas: Southern California Gas Company; SoCalGas serves natural gas in Highland, San Bernardino County.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: The District has two sources of water: surface water and groundwater from the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin.
Hardness: Total hardness averaged 152 ppm in the 2026 Consumer Confidence Report.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: the 1% county levy plus San Bernardino City Unified School bonds (0.0008894654), San Bernardino Community College bonds (0.000456643) and San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (0.0004), from the county's FY 2026-27 rate list; homes east of City Creek are in Redlands Unified instead, and we could not confirm which side holds more homes or the county's tax rate area. Other direct charges on a bill (lighting, flood or assessment districts) were not found and are not included, so the tax figure is a floor: a real bill may list more.
Value: the Census median ($485,600) is a market value; Prop 13 assessed values are often lower. The $7,000 homeowners' exemption comes off the value.
Water: East Valley Water District's 5/8-inch meter rate ($29.18) plus Tier 1 ($2.33 per HCF). The district's budget-based tiers move to $3.02 and $4.35 per HCF above each household's own budget, so bills with heavy outdoor use cost more.
Sewer: the district's $53.78 monthly fixed residential charge from July 1, 2026. Trash: $34.77 a month for standard service (the rate the city lists; its page gives no effective date), billed once a year on the county property tax bill (counted here as trash, not in the tax-bill charges).
Electricity and gas: SCE total rate and base charge, and SoCalGas's August 2026 average rate and fixed charge, as in neighbouring cities.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Highland house costs

What is the property tax rate in Highland?

About 1.17% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Highland; rates for San Bernardino City Unified School District area)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $5,791 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption.

How much is the water bill in Highland?

About $104 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on East Valley Water District.

How much does trash pickup cost in Highland?

$27 to $35 a month, depending on the trash cart size (Standard: 95-gallon trash, recycling and organics carts, Low volume generator: 35-gallon trash, recycling and organics carts).

When is property tax due in Highland?

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.

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

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