Pinole, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Pinole 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 Pinole house

$14,041a year · $1,170 a month

Starts at $441,599 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$5,539
1.275% of $441,599, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$1,403
Sewer $1,106 · WCCUSD parcel tax (Measure T, by building size) $107 · WCCUSD assessment $72 · West Contra Costa Healthcare District parcel tax $52 · Stormwater charge (FED STORMWATER A11 on the bill) $35 · SF Bay Restoration Authority parcel tax (Measure AA) $12 · Emergency medical services charge (EMERGENCY MED B) $10 · East Bay regional trails assessment $5 · Mosquito & vector control $3
Electricity and gas$4,095
500 kWh a month $2,803 · 31.72 therms $989 · city utility tax $303
Water$847
5 units (CCF) a month on East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD): water $71 a month
Trash$664
35-gal trash, $55 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A typical Pinole house pays about $14,000 a year: $6,940 property tax and charges, $850 water, $660 trash, $4,090 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:

Switch to the 20-gal mini-can cartUp to $147 a year
Your cart costs $55 a month; the smallest costs $43. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call Republic Services Customer Service at 510.262.7100 to change your cart service level.
Seniors 65+: WCCUSD parcel tax exemptionMeasure T parcel tax waived
Owners 65 or older who live in their single-family home can be exempted from the school district's Measure T parcel tax. Once filed, the exemption renews automatically each year; it must be filed again after a move.
How: Apply through the online application portal (OAP.SCI-CG.COM) with a current property tax bill, a California driver's license, ID card or passport, and a current utility bill; forms are due June 30 each year. Questions: (844) 332-0549.
Seniors 62+: Republic Services senior rate$2 a month less
Account holders 62 or older may qualify for a discounted rate: $53.37 a month instead of $55.37 for a 35-gallon cart (2026 rates).
How: Call Republic Services Customer Service at 510.262.7100 and be ready to provide proof of age.
Two free curbside cleanups a yearFree
Pinole residential customers can schedule two on-call curbside cleanups per calendar year at no additional cost, for example 3 large items or 5 electronic waste items.
How: Call Republic Services at 510.262.7100 to schedule.
Low-income households: EBMUD Customer Assistance Program50% off water service charge
Eligible single-family customers can get 50% off the standard bimonthly water service charge and 50% off home water use (up to 1,050 gallons per person a month), plus 35% off EBMUD wastewater service and flow charges. A household of 1-2 qualifies with income of $67,900 or less. Enrollment lasts up to two years.
How: Apply online through EBMUD's CAP application.
Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE or FERA30–35% off electricity
CARE takes 30–35% off electricity and drops the base services charge to $6 a month; FERA takes 18% off for incomes slightly above the CARE limit.
How: Apply with PG&E; application forms are also available through community agencies.
EBMUD lawn conversion rebateUp to $2.00 per sq. ft.
EBMUD pays up to $2.00 per square foot to convert a lawn to a water-wise garden; landscape rebates for a home are capped at $2,000 in any 24-month period.
How: Apply through EBMUD's rebates page.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartThe price is set by the size of your trash cart and includes a 65-gallon blue recycling cart and a 65-gallon green organics cart. The default trash cart is 35 gallons.

Value before exemptionsEnter the assessed (net) value from your tax bill: under Prop 13 it is often well below what the house would sell for. The WCCUSD Measure T parcel tax is 7.2 cents per square foot of building, so it varies by house. Homes in the West County Wastewater District part of Pinole (for example tax rate area 06023) pay a $912 WCWD sewer charge instead of the City's $1,106.32. The stormwater line is $24.50 on some parcels.

I live here and have the Homeowners' exemptionSomeone on the title is 65 or older

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 Pinole house uses about 5.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your PG&E delivery with MCE Light Green generation bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Nov 1in 9 daysFirst property tax installment due; pay by Dec 10, 2026 to avoid a 10% late-payment penalty.
Nov 30, 2026in 38 daysLast day of Contra Costa County's 2026 assessment appeal filing period (opened July 2).
Feb 1in 101 daysSecond installment due; after April 12, 2027 a 10% late-payment penalty and a $20 cost are added.
Feb 15in 115 daysLast day for a first-time homeowners' exemption claim to get the full exemption for that year.

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. Homes in Elevation Bands 2 and 3 pay an elevation surcharge of $1.33 or $2.84 per unit
Property tax: 1.27% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Contra Costa County (Pinole tax rate area 06000)
Garbage: Republic Services; Republic Services is the exclusive franchised hauler in the City of Pinole. Weekly service includes a trash cart (35 gallons by default), a 65-gallon blue recycling cart and a 65-gallon green organics cart; rates are set by the size of the trash cart.
Sewer: City of Pinole; The City's sewer charge is on the annual property tax bill; wastewater is treated at the Pinole-Hercules Water Pollution Control Plant. Some Pinole properties are in the West County Wastewater District instead.
Electricity: MCE generation, PG&E delivery; Pinole is an MCE member community (since 2018): MCE is the default electricity generation provider, and PG&E delivers the power and sends the bill.
Gas: PG&E; Pinole is in PG&E's gas service territory.
Schools: West Contra Costa Unified School District; West Contra Costa Unified bonds and community college bonds are part of the property tax rate; the school district also has a parcel tax and an assessment on the bill.

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 its 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: Republic Services' Pinole residential rates effective January 2026, each the total of the City's collection charge, the IRRF (post-collection) charge, the vehicle impact fee and the City AB 939 fee: $43.11 a month for a 20-gallon mini-can, $55.37 for the default 35-gallon cart, $105.08 for 65 gallons and $153.61 for 95 gallons, with a 65-gallon recycling cart and a 65-gallon organics cart included. Republic bills every 3 months, in advance.
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. We assume Elevation Band 1 (no surcharge); hillside homes may be in Band 2 or 3 and pay $1.33 or $2.84 more per unit. The page starts at 5 units a month, EBMUD's median single-family use. Sewer: the City of Pinole's $1,106.32 single-family sewer charge on the 2026-27 property tax bill (counted with the tax bill's flat charges; there is no sewer charge on the EBMUD bill). Pinole's 8% utility users tax covers electricity, gas and telephone, so none is added to water.
Property tax: Contra Costa County 2026-27 rates for tax rate area 06000, the most common one for Pinole homes in the county's parcel data (2,942 of about 5,560 single-family, condominium and townhouse parcels; 06001 and 06030, the next two, had the same rate and lines on the bills we sampled), read from a 2026-27 secured tax bill for a single-family home there: 1% countywide tax, 0.2413% West Contra Costa Unified bonds (six issues), 0.0152% community college bonds, 0.0163% BART and 0.0018% East Bay Regional Park District, 1.2746% in all, less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption. Flat charges from the same bill ($1,403.22 a year in all): City sewer $1,106.32, WCCUSD Measure T parcel tax $107.34 (7.2 cents per square foot of building; that bill's house is about 1,500 sq ft, close to the city's median), WCCUSD assessment $72, West Contra Costa Healthcare District $52, county stormwater $35, Measure AA $12, emergency medical services $10, regional trails $5.44 and mosquito and vector control $3.12.
Not included because they vary: tax rate area 06023 (about 560 homes) is in the West County Wastewater District and pays a $912 WCWD sewer charge instead of the City's; some parcels pay $24.50 for stormwater. The starting value is the median 2026 assessed value of single-family parcels (use code 11) with a Pinole address, $441,599 (the parcel data's land value matches the January 1, 2026 value on the bill we cite) (Census ACS 2020-2024 median market value of owner-occupied homes: $718,600); under Prop 13 recent buyers have higher assessed values.
Electricity: PG&E schedule E-1 for a non-CARE (Income Tier 3) home with MCE Light Green generation, the default for Pinole (an MCE member since 2018). Delivery is PG&E's E-1 total bundled rate ($0.32561 Tier 1, $0.40702 Tier 2) minus its $0.12855 generation charge and its ($0.01011) Bundled PCIA; to that we add MCE's April 1, 2026 Light Green E1 generation ($0.12855) and the $0.03720 PCIA and franchise fee from the March 1, 2026 PG&E-MCE comparison: $0.37292 per kWh up to the baseline and $0.45433 above. PG&E's $0.79343 a day base services charge is $24.13 a month. Baseline: territory T (western Contra Costa County, bounded on the north by Pinole's northern city limits), 6.5 kWh a day for 4 summer months and 7.5 for 8 winter months, about 218 kWh a month. The PCIA depends on the year an account moved to MCE. Not included: MCE's and PG&E's bill credits.
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 weighted 7 summer, 3 off-peak and 2 on-peak months (about 28.4 therms a month). Pinole's 8% utility users tax is added to electricity and gas. Typical use is PG&E's 2024 residential average (EIA, about 500 kWh a month) and California's 2024 residential gas average (EIA, about 32 therms a month). Insurance is the 2022 California average homeowners premium (NAIC via the Insurance Information Institute) until you enter your own.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Pinole house costs

What is the property tax rate in Pinole?

About 1.27% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Contra Costa County (Pinole tax rate area 06000)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $1,106, WCCUSD parcel tax (Measure T, by building size) $107, WCCUSD assessment $72, West Contra Costa Healthcare District parcel tax $52).

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

About $7,687 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $1,403 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Pinole?

About $71 a month for water 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 Pinole?

$43 to $154 a month, depending on the trash cart size (20-gal mini-can, 35-gal trash, 65-gal trash, 95-gal trash).

When is property tax due in Pinole?

Nov 1: First property tax installment due; pay by Dec 10, 2026 to avoid a 10% late-payment penalty. Feb 1: Second installment due; after April 12, 2027 a 10% late-payment penalty and a $20 cost are added.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Pinole?

Yes. Seniors 65+: WCCUSD parcel tax exemption: Owners 65 or older who live in their single-family home can be exempted from the school district's Measure T parcel tax. Once filed, the exemption renews automatically each year; it must be filed again after a move.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Pinole?

Low-income households: EBMUD Customer Assistance Program: Eligible single-family customers can get 50% off the standard bimonthly water service charge and 50% off home water use (up to 1,050 gallons per person a month), plus 35% off EBMUD wastewater service and flow charges. A household of 1-2 qualifies with income of $67,900 or less. Enrollment lasts up to two years. Apply online through EBMUD's CAP application.

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

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