Oroville, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Oroville 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 Oroville house

$8,513a year · $709 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $311,600; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$3,230
1.060% of $311,600, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$14
Butte County Mosquito & Vector Control assessment (Zone A, 1 SFE) $14
Electricity and gas$3,353
500 kWh a month $2,381 · 31 therms $972
Water and sewer$1,429
9 units (CCF) a month on California Water Service Company, Oroville: water $62, sewer $57 a month
Trash$487
64-gallon landfill cart (recycling and organics included), $41 a month
Home insuranceNot included
We don't have a typical premium for this city yet. Add yours with Adjust.

A Oroville house at the typical market value ($311,600) costs about $8,500 a year: $3,240 property tax and charges, $1,430 water and sewer, $490 trash, $3,350 electricity and gas; home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 28, 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 32-gallon landfill cart (recycling and organics included) cartUp to $119 a year
Your cart costs $41 a month; the smallest costs $31. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call your garbage hauler.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartRates for mixed recyclables are factored into landfill costs.

Value before exemptionsEnter the assessed value from your tax bill: under Prop 13 it is often well below what the house would sell for. Tax rate areas 004-003 and 004-006 list the same rates; the Thermalito-area areas (004-004, 004-005) add Thermalito school bonds and the 004-007 and 004-008 areas list Biggs school bonds. Some parcels also carry other direct charges on the tax bill.

I live here and have the Homeowners' exemption

Home insurance, a yearFrom your policy's declarations page.

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 PG&E bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Dec 10in 36 daysDecember 10 is the last day to pay the first installment of secured property taxes without penalty.
Apr 10April 10 is the last day to pay the second installment of secured property taxes without penalty.

Who serves this house

Water: California Water Service Company, Oroville; Cal Water residential metered service, Oroville tariff area, effective 7/1/2026; 5/8 x 3/4-inch meter service charge per month.
Property tax: 1.06% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Butte County (tax rate area 004-001)
Garbage: Recology Butte Colusa Counties; Residential landfill cart service with recycling and organics rates factored into the landfill cost.
Sewer: City of Oroville and SC-OR; Sewer service charges: City $29.83 and SC-OR $27.00 per EDU.
Electricity: PG&E; Residential schedule E-1; PG&E's service area list includes Oroville.
Gas: PG&E; Residential schedule G-1; PG&E's gas service area list includes Oroville.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Testing: Cal Water ran 6,566 tests on 725 water samples for 213 constituents in the Oroville system in 2025 and reports it met every primary and secondary federal and state water quality standard.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax uses the 2026-27 Butte County Multi-Rate Taxes rates for tax rate area 004-001 (1% general levy plus Oroville City Elementary, Oroville Union High and Butte-Glenn Community College bond rates), with the $7,000 homeowners' exemption.
The starting value is the Census median market value; assessed values under Prop 13 are often lower.
Water uses Cal Water's July 1, 2026 Oroville tariff (service charge plus tiered quantity rates); Cal Water's per-bill surcharges and surcredits are not included. Some Oroville-area homes are served by other districts (such as Thermalito Water & Sewer or Lake Oroville Area PUD).
Sewer is the City's 2026-27 flat monthly total per EDU (City $29.83 plus SC-OR $27.00); it is not metered.
Electricity uses PG&E E-1 bundled rates with a seasonal-weighted baseline (summer 15.0, winter 10.2 kWh/day, territory S); gas uses G-1 plus the public purpose surcharge, with a seasonal-weighted baseline of about 26.9 therms a month.
Trash uses Recology's published monthly residential rates for Oroville (the page carries no effective date; matches the city's '2025-2026 Rates' label; no 2026-27 notice found). The over-55 senior discount is not applied.
Gas: G-1 has no fixed customer charge (only a small minimum transportation charge at very low use); schedule effective October 1, 2026 per the PG&E tariff sheet.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

How Oroville compares

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

Per year	Oroville	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.06%	1.13%	lower than 254 of the other 284 California cities we cover
Water	$748	$927	lower than 199 of the other 284 California cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$682	$596	higher than 120 of the other 196 California cities we cover
Trash	$487	$452	higher than 159 of the other 267 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,353	$3,421	lower than 186 of the other 284 California cities we cover
Total	$8,513	$14,432	lower than 280 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. Property tax rate

The fact: Oroville's property tax rate is 1.06%, lower than 254 of the other 284 California cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Oroville is 1.06%, lower than 254 of the other 284 California cities we cover. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"

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Common questions about Oroville house costs

What is the property tax rate in Oroville?

About 1.06% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Butte County (tax rate area 004-001)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Butte County Mosquito & Vector Control assessment (Zone A, 1 SFE) $14).

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

About $5,241 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $14 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Oroville?

About $119 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on California Water Service Company, Oroville.

How much does trash pickup cost in Oroville?

$31 to $43 a month, depending on the trash cart size (32-gallon landfill cart (recycling and organics included), 64-gallon landfill cart (recycling and organics included), 96-gallon landfill cart (recycling and organics included)).

When is property tax due in Oroville?

Dec 10: December 10 is the last day to pay the first installment of secured property taxes without penalty. Apr 10: April 10 is the last day to pay the second installment of secured property taxes without penalty.

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

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