Pleasant Hill, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill house

$15,213a year · $1,268 a month

Starts at $684,089 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$7,561
1.117% of $684,089, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$967
Sewer $784 · Mt. Diablo USD Mello-Roos special tax (MT D MELLO ROOS) $67 · Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park landscaping & lighting (P H PARK & REC LLD) $47 · County stormwater charge (FED STORMWATER A13) $30 · SF Bay Restoration Authority parcel tax (Measure AA) $12 · Emergency medical services charge (EMERGENCY MED B) $10 · CCWD land levy (CC WTR LEVY LAND; varies with land value) $7 · East Bay regional trails assessment $5 · Mosquito & vector control $5
Electricity and gas$3,705
500 kWh a month $2,726 · 31.72 therms $979
Water$1,051
8 units (CCF) a month on Contra Costa Water District (CCWD): water $88 a month
Trash$437
32-gal landfill, $36 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A typical Pleasant Hill house pays about $15,200 a year: $8,530 property tax and charges, $1,050 water, $440 trash, $3,710 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:

Low-income seniors 58+ or disabled: CCWD Lifeline rate50% off the daily service charge
CCWD's lifeline water rate program cuts the daily service charge by 50% for low-income customers over 58, or receiving permanent Social Security disability benefits. A one-person household qualifies with income under $59,400 and a two-person household under $67,900 (as of May 2026).
How: Fill out the Lifeline Water Rate Application Form and mail it to CCWD's Lifeline Program, P.O. Box H20, Concord, CA 94524; questions: 925-688-8000.
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.
CCWD Lawn to Garden rebate$1 per sq. ft., up to $2,000
CCWD pays $1 per square foot of lawn replaced with water-wise landscaping, up to $2,000 for a single-family home; front and back yards qualify, and at least 300 square feet must be converted.
How: Apply to CCWD before starting: projects underway or completed before CCWD approval are not eligible.
Seniors 62+: Republic Services senior discountDiscount on garbage service
Republic Services offers a senior discount in Pleasant Hill for residents who are at least 62 and meet a total annual household income limit.
How: Visit RepublicServices.com/PleasantHillCA for requirements and to download an application, or call 925.685.4711 to request a form by mail.
Free on-call cleanups2 garbage + 3 recycling/green waste cleanups a year
Residents may schedule two free on-call garbage cleanups a year, each for up to two cubic yards (about fourteen 32-gallon bags) of extra trash and items too big for the carts, plus three free on-call recycling/green waste cleanups a year.
How: Call Republic Services customer service at 925.685.4711 to schedule a cleanup.
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.
EBMUD customers, low income: 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). 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.

Adjust to match your bills

What you know

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 CCWD land levy (CC WTR LEVY LAND) follows the land value: it ran from $0.49 to $19.89 on the bills we sampled and was not on the bills we sampled in the EBMUD part of the city. The county stormwater line is $30.00 on most bills and $21.00 or $51.00 on some. Some neighborhoods carry an extra line, such as the Diablo Vista assessment (PHILL DIABLO VISTA, $452.52) or a street lighting district (PHILL AD#20 ST LT, $33.50).

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 Pleasant Hill house uses about 8.

Electricity, kWh a month

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

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Nov 1in 9 daysFirst property tax installment coupon dated Nov 1, 2026; after Dec 10, 2026 a 10% late-payment penalty is added.
Nov 30, 2026in 38 daysLast day of Contra Costa County's 2026 assessment appeal filing period (opened July 2).
Feb 1in 101 daysSecond installment payable from Feb 1, 2027; 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: Depends on your address; Contra Costa Water District (most homes); EBMUD in the southwest
Property tax: 1.12% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Contra Costa County (Pleasant Hill tax rate area 12029)
Garbage: Republic Services; Trash and recycling services in Pleasant Hill are managed by Republic Services under the City's waste hauling franchise; call Republic Services at (925) 685-4711 to request service.
Sewer: Central San; Central San's sewer service charge is billed on the Contra Costa County property tax bill as CCCSD SEWER CHG.
Electricity: MCE generation, PG&E delivery; Pleasant Hill is an MCE member community (since 2021): MCE is the default electricity generation provider, and PG&E delivers the power and sends the bill.
Gas: PG&E; PG&E provides gas service in Pleasant Hill.

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Your water

Source: Nearly every drop of CCWD's water comes from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; water stored in Los Vaqueros Reservoir can be blended with Delta water.
Lead: CCWD's service line inventories detected no lead service lines in CCWD systems.
PFAS: CCWD has tested for PFAS and has not detected these compounds in its drinking water.
Standards: In 2025 the water CCWD delivered exceeded every drinking water standard set by the state and federal governments.

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How these numbers are made

Garbage: Pleasant Hill's approved 2026 rate for a 32-gallon landfill cart, $36.40 a month, from the RecycleSmart residential rate comparison (Republic Services bills Pleasant Hill homes directly). We did not find a published 2026 price list for the 20, 64 and 96-gallon carts, so only the 32-gallon price is shown.
Water: about three quarters of Pleasant Hill's single-family parcels (6,261 of 8,424 by the EPA water-system boundaries) are in Contra Costa Water District's system (CA0710003), and the page starts there; about a quarter (2,126), in the southwest, are in EBMUD's (CA0110005), and a few homes are served by the Martinez Water District (not modelled). CCWD: the February 1, 2026 rates for a 5/8 inch meter, $1.01 a day ($30.72 a month) plus $6.98 per unit usage and the $0.13 Zone 1 energy charge ($7.11 per unit); homes in higher energy zones pay up to $2.24 more per unit. The page starts at 8 units a month, half of the 16-unit bimonthly median single-family use in CCWD's 2025-2026 rate study. EBMUD: Schedule A from July 1, 2026 (monthly column) without an elevation surcharge; homes in Elevation Band 2 or 3 pay $1.33 or $2.84 more per unit.
Sewer: Central San's $784.00 single-family charge (Ordinance 339, from July 1, 2026), on the tax bill as CCCSD SEWER CHG and counted with the tax bill's flat charges. It was on all 30 Pleasant Hill single-family bills we sampled. There is no sewer charge on the water bill.
Property tax: Contra Costa County 2026-27 rates for tax rate area 12029, which holds 3,138 of the 8,424 single-family parcels with a Pleasant Hill address in Pleasant Hill tax rate areas (12xxx). All 30 bills we sampled across tax rate areas 12006, 12012, 12018, 12019, 12029, 12034, 12064 and 12081 had the same 1.1167% rate: 1% countywide tax, 0.0705% Mt. Diablo Unified bonds (2002, 2010 and 2018 issues), 0.0152% community college bonds, 0.0129% Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District, 0.0163% BART and 0.0018% East Bay Regional Park District, less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption. Flat charges on every sampled bill: Central San sewer $784.00, Mt. Diablo Mello-Roos $67, Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park LLD $47, county stormwater $30 (27 of 30 bills), Measure AA $12, emergency medical services $10, regional trails $5.44 and mosquito and vector control $4.74; the CCWD land levy (21 of 30 bills, none in the EBMUD area) is counted at the $6.77 median of the bills that carried it.
The starting value is the median 2026 assessed value of single-family parcels (use code 11, single family, and 19, single family detached with common area) with a Pleasant Hill address in Pleasant Hill tax rate areas, $684,089; under Prop 13 recent buyers have higher assessed values. Homes with a Pleasant Hill mailing address in unincorporated tax rate areas (79xxx) are outside the city and not modelled. A few neighborhoods carry extra assessments (Diablo Vista $452.52, Assessment District 20 street lighting $33.50 on the bills we sampled) that are not in the totals.
Electricity: PG&E schedule E-1 for a non-CARE (Income Tier 3) home with MCE Light Green generation, the default in Pleasant Hill (an MCE member community since 2021). 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 X (Contra Costa County outside the S and T portions), 9.8 kWh a day for 4 summer months and 9.7 for 8 winter months, about 296 kWh a month. Gas: PG&E G-1 (Oct. 1, 2026) $2.42480 and $2.92792 per therm plus the $0.12103 public purpose surcharge, territory X baseline weighted 7 summer, 3 off-peak and 2 on-peak months (about 30.1 therms a month). We found no city tax on Pleasant Hill electricity or gas bills, so none is added. 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 Pleasant Hill compares

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

Per year	Pleasant Hill	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.12%	1.13%	lower than 66 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$1,051	$955	higher than 71 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Trash	$437	$438	lower than 52 of the other 101 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,705	$3,556	higher than 77 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	$15,213	$15,240	lower than 56 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 Pleasant Hill house costs

What is the property tax rate in Pleasant Hill?

About 1.12% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Contra Costa County (Pleasant Hill tax rate area 12029)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $784, Mt. Diablo USD Mello-Roos special tax (MT D MELLO ROOS) $67, Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park landscaping & lighting (P H PARK & REC LLD) $47, County stormwater charge (FED STORMWATER A13) $30).

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

About $6,472 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $967 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Pleasant Hill?

About $88 a month for water at typical use (8 units, or 5,984 gallons a month) on Contra Costa Water District (CCWD).

How much does trash pickup cost in Pleasant Hill?

$36 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Pleasant Hill?

Nov 1: First property tax installment coupon dated Nov 1, 2026; after Dec 10, 2026 a 10% late-payment penalty is added. Feb 1: Second installment payable from Feb 1, 2027; after April 12, 2027 a 10% late-payment penalty and a $20 cost are added.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Pleasant Hill?

Yes. Low-income seniors 58+ or disabled: CCWD Lifeline rate: CCWD's lifeline water rate program cuts the daily service charge by 50% for low-income customers over 58, or receiving permanent Social Security disability benefits. A one-person household qualifies with income under $59,400 and a two-person household under $67,900 (as of May 2026).

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Pleasant Hill?

Low-income seniors 58+ or disabled: CCWD Lifeline rate: CCWD's lifeline water rate program cuts the daily service charge by 50% for low-income customers over 58, or receiving permanent Social Security disability benefits. A one-person household qualifies with income under $59,400 and a two-person household under $67,900 (as of May 2026). Fill out the Lifeline Water Rate Application Form and mail it to CCWD's Lifeline Program, P.O. Box H20, Concord, CA 94524; questions: 925-688-8000.

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

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