Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Rancho Palos Verdes 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 Rancho Palos Verdes house

$25,954a year · $2,163 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $1,609,400; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$17,235
1.076% of $1,609,400, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$1,113
Sewer $294 · PVPUSD Measure M school parcel tax (2025-26 rate) $548 · LA County Fire Measure E special tax (estimate, median-size home) $132 · LA County Measure W clean water tax (estimate, median lot) $129 · LA County West Vector Control assessment $10
Electricity and gas$3,610
523 kWh a month $2,637 · 35 therms $869 · city utility tax $105
Water$2,025
15 units (CCF) a month on California Water Service (Palos Verdes): water $164, city utility tax $5 a month
Trash$479
64 gallon (medium), $40 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A Rancho Palos Verdes house at the typical market value ($1,609,400) pays about $26,000 a year: $18,350 property tax and charges, $2,030 water, $480 trash, $3,610 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 35 gallon (small) cartUp to $111 a year
Your cart costs $40 a month; the smallest costs $31. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: The City sends cart requests to EDCO's Rancho Palos Verdes site (rancho-palos-verdes.edcodisposal.com); EDCO customer service is (310) 540-2977.
Seniors 65+: Measure M school parcel tax exemptionExempts the $548.36 parcel tax
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified exempts seniors 65 or older from the Measure M parcel tax on a single-family parcel they own and live in as their principal residence. The exemption stays in effect as long as you remain eligible.
How: File in person at the PVPUSD Malaga Cove Administration Center (appointment required: (310) 896-3404) between January 15 and the last business day in May.
Seniors 65+: 10% off EDCO trash10% off trash
Senior citizens 65 and older are eligible for a 10% discount on EDCO trash service in Rancho Palos Verdes.
How: Get the application at City Hall, the RPV and EDCO websites or PV Seniors, or call EDCO at 310-540-2977.
Low income: 5% off EDCO trash5% off trash
EDCO gives a 5% low income discount; an application is required and you must meet CA PUC criteria.
How: EDCO Customer Service: 310-540-2977 or www.rpvrecycles.com.
Prepay trash for the year: 5% off5% off trash
EDCO offers a 5% annual pre-pay discount on single-family trash service.
How: EDCO Customer Service: 310-540-2977 or www.rpvrecycles.com.
Income-qualified: SCE CARED-CARE $117.59 vs Domestic $195.56 average bills at 523 kWh
SCE lists California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) among its income-qualified programs. The July 2026 SCE and Clean Power Alliance rate comparison shows an average monthly bill of $117.59 for D-CARE and $195.56 for Domestic at 523 kWh.
How: Questions: SCE at sce.com/cca or (800) 974-2356.
Low income: SoCalGas CARE20% off the gas bill
Customers enrolled in CARE get a 20% discount on their SoCalGas bill.
How: See SoCalGas assistance programs at socalgas.com.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartMonthly single-family rate for one trash cart, after the City's recycling rebate (EDCO Service Area 1, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027). Recycling carts are free and up to two green waste carts carry no charge. Service Area 2 (the former Universal Waste System area) pays slightly more ($30.90, $40.15 or $49.36).

Value before exemptionsThis is the Census median market value. Under Prop 13 your assessed value starts at your purchase price and can rise at most 2% a year, so long-time owners are often far below market: use the assessed value on your tax bill. Homes in the Portuguese Bend landslide area also pay landslide abatement district charges not shown here.

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, 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 Rancho Palos Verdes house uses about 15.

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 LA County (filing runs July 2 to November 30).
Dec 10in 48 daysFirst property tax installment (due Nov 1) is late after Dec 10: 10% penalty.
Jan 15 - end of Mayin 84 daysMeasure M school parcel tax senior exemption: the filing period runs from January 15 to the last business day in May.
Feb 15in 115 daysLast day for a first-time homeowners' exemption claim to get the full exemption for the year.

Who serves this house

Water: California Water Service (Palos Verdes); Cal Water's Palos Verdes residential schedule (PV-LAR-1-R): a monthly service charge by meter size plus four tiers per CCF (1-6, 7-17, 18-25, over 25), rates as filed for October 1, 2026, plus two per-CCF surcharges: the Peninsula Water Reliability Project surcharge ($0.2832 per CCF for 24 months starting April 1, 2025) and the Palos Verdes M-WRAM surcharge ($0.5826 per CCF from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027).
Property tax: 1.08% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County
Garbage: EDCO Disposal; EDCO holds the City's exclusive franchise for residential trash, recycling and organics; single-family billing is on a quarterly basis.
Sewer: LA County Sanitation District No. 5 + County sewer maintenance district; District No. 5 encompasses all or portions of Rancho Palos Verdes; the City's sewer system outside the Abalone Cove system is operated and maintained by the LA County Sewer Maintenance District. District No. 5's ordinance provides for collecting its service charges on the tax roll.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; The City lists Southern California Edison as its electric utility. The City levies a 3% utility users tax on electricity, gas and water.
Gas: SoCalGas; Southern California Gas Company lists Rancho Palos Verdes among the cities it serves.
Schools: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified; Voters passed the Measure M school parcel tax in November 2011.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: Cal Water buys surface water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, from the Colorado River and the State Water Project.
Lead: In 2023 tap testing the 90th percentile for lead was ND (not detected), and 0 of 30 samples were above the 15 ppb action level.
Standards: Cal Water says its annual water quality reports confirm it met all primary and secondary federal and state drinking water standards in 2025.

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How these numbers are made

Individual bills are confidential in California, so we calculate yours from public rates and what you tell us.
Garbage (EDCO, billed quarterly): the City's July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 single-family rates for EDCO Service Area 1 after the City's $1.58-a-month recycling rebate ($30.63, $39.88 or $49.09 a month for a 35, 64 or 96 gallon trash cart). Service Area 2, the former Universal Waste System area, pays $30.90, $40.15 or $49.36 after its $1.31 rebate; backyard and small-truck service cost extra. The page starts at the 64-gallon cart.
Water (Cal Water, Palos Verdes): the residential schedule PV-LAR-1-R as filed in Advice Letter 2598 for October 1, 2026 ($55.18 a month for a 5/8 x 3/4-inch meter and $2.2811, $9.1115, $11.4011 and $13.6935 per CCF in four monthly tiers), plus $0.8658 per CCF of surcharges added to every tier: the Peninsula Water Reliability Project surcharge ($0.2832, which ends after March 2027) and the 2025 M-WRAM surcharge for Palos Verdes ($0.5826, July 2026 to June 2027). Not included: the Los Angeles Region General Balancing Account and Drinking Water Fees surcharges ($0.2092 and $0.0140 per CCF), which Cal Water lists for its Los Angeles Region without naming Palos Verdes. Also left out: the percentage surcharges on basic charges (CAP 2.873%, RSF 0.6896%, CPUC fee 0.70%, about $6 a month at typical use) and the 12-month credits from July 2026 (pension, healthcare, conservation and ICBA, $5.54 a month together), which roughly offset. The page starts at 15 CCF, the City's stated average for a Rancho Palos Verdes household (from 2021; Cal Water's own 2025 median for the whole Palos Verdes area was 12 CCF). The City's 3% utility users tax is added to water, electricity and gas.
Sewer (on the tax bill): LA County Sanitation District No. 5's prorated 2026-27 rate of $215.82 per single-family home, plus the County Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District's $78.50 for July 2026 to June 2027. The main tax rate area for houses in the city (07097, about 3,900 of 15,200 single-family parcels in the County parcel file) is listed in both districts. About 1 in 5 single-family homes, mostly in tax rate area 07099 (about 2,600 parcels), are in areas District No. 5's report does not list and are likely in the South Bay Cities Sanitation District instead, which charges $100 a home in 2026-27 as proposed rather than $215.82, and the roughly 270 people on the City-run Abalone Cove sewer pay a separate City charge.
Property tax: 1% plus the 2026-27 Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified and El Camino Community College District bond rates from the LA County tax rate resolution (about 1.0757% in total), less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption, applied to the value you enter. The Eastview area in the northeast of the city is in Los Angeles Unified and the Los Angeles Community College District, whose bond rates differ; the Metropolitan Water District's small levy is not in that resolution and is left out. The starting value is the Census median market value; under Prop 13 a long-held home's assessed value can be far lower.
Flat charges on the tax bill: PVPUSD's Measure M parcel tax at its 2025-26 rate of $548.36 (a 2.9% CPI increase for 2026-27, about $564, was reported but we could not confirm it in the Board's minutes; seniors 65+ can be exempted), LA County Fire's Measure E special tax (6 cents per square foot of buildings plus the 2% yearly adjustment, on the median 2,154 sq ft single-family home in the County parcel file: about $132), LA County Measure W (2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable area on the City's median single-family drainage area of 0.118 acre from its 2015 storm drain fee study: about $129) and the West Vector Control District's $9.74. Not included, because they vary by parcel: the LA County flood control assessment, trauma and emergency services tax and county park assessment. Not included: West Basin Municipal Water District's standby charge for its water recycling program ($14.40 a year for a single-family parcel under one acre in its FY2023-24 notice; the 2026-27 amount in Resolution 05-26-1234 was not readable). Homes in the Portuguese Bend landslide area (Abalone Cove Landslide Abatement District, Klondike Canyon) pay extra assessments not shown here.
Electricity: Rancho Palos Verdes is not among the Clean Power Alliance communities, so homes get SCE generation: the July 2026 SCE/CPA rate comparison's $0.37392 per-kWh total for SCE's Domestic rate (its $195.56 average bill is that rate times 523 kWh and leaves out SCE's $24.15 monthly Base Services Charge, which we add). Gas: SoCalGas's March 2026 average non-CARE bill ($72.39 at 35 therms), taken as including the $0.16-a-day customer charge, so $4.87 a month plus $1.929 per therm. Both are averages; real bills vary by season. Insurance starts at the 2022 California average.
Sewer fixed = 215.82 (District No. 5) + 78.50 (CSMD), modelled as one sewage unit for a single-family home in both districts.
Assumes a single-family home is one sewage unit in each district (LA County sewage-unit definition).
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Rancho Palos Verdes house costs

What is the property tax rate in Rancho Palos Verdes?

About 1.08% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $294, PVPUSD Measure M school parcel tax (2025-26 rate) $548, LA County Fire Measure E special tax (estimate, median-size home) $132, LA County Measure W clean water tax (estimate, median lot) $129).

How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Rancho Palos Verdes?

About $6,415 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $1,113 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Rancho Palos Verdes?

About $164 a month for water at typical use (15 units, or 11,220 gallons a month) on California Water Service (Palos Verdes).

How much does trash pickup cost in Rancho Palos Verdes?

$31 to $49 a month, depending on the trash cart size (35 gallon (small), 64 gallon (medium), 96 gallon (large)).

When is property tax due in Rancho Palos Verdes?

Dec 10: First property tax installment (due Nov 1) is late after Dec 10: 10% penalty. Apr 10: Second property tax installment (due Feb 1) is late after Apr 10: 10% penalty plus $10.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Rancho Palos Verdes?

Yes. Seniors 65+: Measure M school parcel tax exemption: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified exempts seniors 65 or older from the Measure M parcel tax on a single-family parcel they own and live in as their principal residence. The exemption stays in effect as long as you remain eligible.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Rancho Palos Verdes?

Income-qualified: SCE CARE: SCE lists California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) among its income-qualified programs. The July 2026 SCE and Clean Power Alliance rate comparison shows an average monthly bill of $117.59 for D-CARE and $195.56 for Domestic at 523 kWh. Questions: SCE at sce.com/cca or (800) 974-2356.

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