Pittsburg, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg house

$12,409a year · $1,034 a month

Starts at $409,953 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$4,572
1.135% of $409,953, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$737
Delta Diablo sewer service charge $557 · Pittsburg landscaping & lighting district (PITTSBURG ST LT) $102 · County stormwater charge (FED STORMWATER A12) $30 · Delta Diablo street sweeping charge $14 · 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 $5 · Contra Costa Water District land levy (CC WTR LEVY LAND) $1
Electricity and gas$3,661
500 kWh a month $2,665 · 31.72 therms $996
Water and sewer$1,207
9 units (CCF) a month on Pittsburg Water (City of Pittsburg): water $85, sewer $16 a month
Trash$741
64-gal garbage, $62 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A typical Pittsburg house pays about $12,400 a year: $5,310 property tax and charges, $1,210 water and sewer, $740 trash, $3,660 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:

Water-saving rebates through Contra Costa Water DistrictCCWD rebates and coupons
Through the City's partnership with Contra Costa Water District, Pittsburg Water customers are eligible for CCWD's rebate offers.
How: See CCWD's website for the current rebate offers.
Two free on-call pickups and one bulky item a yearFree
Residents can request up to two on-call pickups per calendar year at no additional cost, each up to twelve 32-gallon bags of household garbage or yard waste of no more than 50 pounds apiece, plus one bulky item pickup a year (under 200 lbs: an appliance, large furniture or an electronic item).
How: Call Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery at (925) 682-9113 to schedule; pickups must be one week apart and on your regular collection day.
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: Application forms are also available through community agencies.
Seniors, blind or disabled: postpone property taxesDefer this year's taxes
The State Controller's Property Tax Postponement program lets eligible homeowners postpone payment of current-year property taxes on their primary residence.
How: Go to www.ptp.sco.ca.gov, call (800) 952-5661 or email postponement@sco.ca.gov.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartThe price is set by the size of your garbage cart and includes a 64-gallon blue recycling cart and a 96-gallon green organics cart.

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. Homes in the Mt. Diablo Unified part of Pittsburg (for example San Marco, tax rate area 07065) have a lower bond rate (1.1038% in all) but newer subdivisions there often carry large extra lines: one 2026-27 San Marco bill has a $950.70 CFD special tax, a $599.04 geologic hazard (GHAD) assessment, an $80.44 CFD 07-1 tax and a $67 Mt. Diablo Mello-Roos tax. Some older neighborhoods have other assessment districts (Oak Hills, the Marina area). The stormwater line is $21 instead of $30 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 house uses 7–12.

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: Pittsburg Water (City of Pittsburg); City of Pittsburg single-family rates effective January 1, 2026: a $36.00 monthly fixed fee for a 5/8 x 3/4-inch or 3/4-inch meter, plus $5.42 per Ccf for the first 12 Ccf a month and $7.48 per Ccf above 12 Ccf (Zones 1 & 2). Homes at higher elevations (Zones 3 to 6) pay slightly more per Ccf. Bills are generated about every 30 days
Property tax: 1.13% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Contra Costa County (Pittsburg tax rate area 07004)
Garbage: Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery; Weekly garbage, recycling and organics collection for single-family homes in Pittsburg, billed monthly by Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery. The price is set by the garbage cart size.
Electricity: MCE generation, PG&E delivery; Pittsburg is an MCE member community: MCE is the default electricity generation provider, and PG&E delivers the power and sends the bill.
Gas: PG&E; Pittsburg is in PG&E's gas service territory.
Schools: Pittsburg Unified School District; Pittsburg Unified and community college bonds are part of the property tax rate in the most common tax rate area.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: Pittsburg Water buys raw (untreated) water from Contra Costa Water District, delivered by canal to the City's own treatment plant; the water flows from the Sierra Nevada through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Wells: Two City groundwater wells in Pittsburg produce about 10% of the water supply.
Testing: The City treats and tests its water at its local treatment plant every four hours, and says the treated water meets or exceeds all state and federal drinking water standards.

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How these numbers are made

Garbage: Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery's Pittsburg residential rates effective January 2026: $61.71 a month for a 64-gallon garbage cart and $72.66 for a 96-gallon cart, each including a 64-gallon recycling cart and a 96-gallon organics cart, billed monthly by the hauler.
Water: City of Pittsburg rates adopted July 18, 2022 (Resolution 22-14124), step effective January 1, 2026: $36.00 a month for a 5/8 x 3/4-inch or 3/4-inch meter, $5.42 per Ccf up to 12 Ccf a month and $7.48 above, for single-family homes in pressure Zones 1 & 2. We assume Zones 1 & 2; higher-elevation homes in Zones 3 to 6 pay up to $5.86 and $7.91. The City publishes no typical use, so the page starts at its default. The next step (January 1, 2027) is $37.80, $5.69 and $7.85. The City's site blocks automated downloads, so we cite Internet Archive copies of its rate schedule and pages. Sewer: the City's flat $15.79 a month single-family collection charge on the water bill; Delta Diablo's $557.48 treatment charge is on the property tax bill and is counted with the tax bill's flat charges.
Property tax: Contra Costa County 2026-27 rates for tax rate area 07004, the most common one for Pittsburg homes in the county's parcel data (6,759 of about 17,500 single-family, cluster and townhouse parcels; 07003, the next, has the same rate), read from a 2026-27 secured tax bill for a single-family home there: 1% countywide tax, 0.1013% Pittsburg Unified bonds (2014, 2018 and 2024 issues), 0.0152% community college bonds, 0.0163% BART and 0.0018% East Bay Regional Park District, 1.1346% in all, less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption. Flat charges from the same bill ($737.07 a year in all): Delta Diablo sewer $557.48, City landscaping and lighting $102.18, county stormwater $30 (some parcels pay $21), Delta Diablo street sweeping $13.50, Measure AA $12, emergency medical services $10, regional trails $5.44, mosquito and vector control $5.34 and a Contra Costa Water District land levy ($1.13 on that bill; it varies with land value). The same lines appeared on every 07004 bill we sampled.
Not included because they vary by neighborhood: the Mt. Diablo Unified part of the city (tax rate areas such as 07065 and 07001, including San Marco) has a 1.1038% rate and often Community Facilities District (Mello-Roos), Mt. Diablo school Mello-Roos ($67), geologic hazard (GHAD, $346.66 to $599.04 on the bills we saw) and other assessment lines; one San Marco bill carries $2,436.87 of flat charges in all. Some areas have other assessment districts (for example Oak Hills and a Marina-area district). The starting value is the median 2026 assessed value of single-family parcels (use code 11) with a Pittsburg address in Pittsburg tax rate areas, $409,953 (the parcel data's land and improvement values match the January 1, 2026 values on the 2026-27 bills we checked) (Census ACS 2020-2024 median market value of owner-occupied homes: $597,900); 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 Pittsburg (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 S (PG&E's tariff puts the Delta portion of Contra Costa County east of Port Chicago, where Pittsburg lies, in S), 15.0 kWh a day for 4 summer months and 10.2 for 8 winter months, about 359 kWh a month. The PCIA depends on the year an account moved to MCE. Not included: MCE's and PG&E's bill credits. We found no city tax on Pittsburg electricity or gas bills: California City Finance's statewide table of city taxes on utility bills shows no such revenue for Pittsburg, so none is added.
Gas: PG&E G-1 (Oct. 1, 2026) $2.42480 and $2.92792 per therm plus the $0.12103 public purpose surcharge, territory S baseline weighted 7 summer, 3 off-peak and 2 on-peak months (about 27.2 therms a month). 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

How Pittsburg compares

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

Per year	Pittsburg	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.13%	1.13%	higher than 60 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$1,017	$955	higher than 61 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$189	$584	lower than 61 of the other 76 California cities we cover
Trash	$741	$438	higher than 93 of the other 101 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,661	$3,556	higher than 69 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	$12,409	$15,240	lower than 87 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.

Questions to ask your candidates

Each one starts from a number above. Any candidate can answer them.

1. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $189 a year, lower than 61 of the other 76 California cities we cover. Some cities bill sewer on the property tax bill instead, which is not counted here.

Ask: "Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here cost about $189 a year, lower than 61 of the other 76 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $741 a year for the standard cart, higher than 93 of the other 101 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 $741 a year for the standard cart, higher than 93 of the other 101 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

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Common questions about Pittsburg house costs

What is the property tax rate in Pittsburg?

About 1.13% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Contra Costa County (Pittsburg tax rate area 07004)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Delta Diablo sewer service charge $557, Pittsburg landscaping & lighting district (PITTSBURG ST LT) $102, County stormwater charge (FED STORMWATER A12) $30, Delta Diablo street sweeping charge $14).

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

About $6,331 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $737 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Pittsburg?

About $101 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on Pittsburg Water (City of Pittsburg).

How much does trash pickup cost in Pittsburg?

$62 to $73 a month, depending on the trash cart size (64-gal garbage, 96-gal garbage).

When is property tax due in Pittsburg?

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 Pittsburg?

Yes. Seniors, blind or disabled: postpone property taxes: The State Controller's Property Tax Postponement program lets eligible homeowners postpone payment of current-year property taxes on their primary residence.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Pittsburg?

Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE or FERA: 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. Application forms are also available through community agencies.

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

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