Redlands, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Redlands 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 Redlands house

$13,991a year · $1,166 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $618,900; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

A Redlands house at the typical market value ($618,900) pays about $14,000 a year: $7,250 property tax and charges, $1,210 water and sewer, $580 trash, $3,460 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

One change saves this house about $68 a year:

Bring water use down to 14 units
$68 a year
Above 14 units a month, City of Redlands Municipal Utilities & Engineering Department charges $2.85 a unit instead of $1.90.
How: Most of the top tier is outdoor watering: fix leaks and water less often in summer.

Worth checking

Switch to the 1 60-gallon refuse cart cartUp to $19 a year
Your cart costs $48 a month; the smallest costs $47. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call Solid Waste Customer Service at (909) 798-7529 for cart replacement and other solid waste requests.
Homeowners' exemption: $7,000 off your taxable value$7,000 off taxable value
California gives a $7,000 reduction in the taxable value of a qualifying owner-occupied home; the home must have been your principal residence on January 1.
How: Claim it with your county assessor.
Two free bulky item pickups a year
Single Family Residential customers receive two free bulky item pickups per calendar year, with up to three items per pickup.
How: Call Customer Service at (909) 798-7529 to schedule.
$20 utility bill credit if you qualify$20 credit once a year
The city's Utility Bill Assistance Program provides a $20 credit toward your bi-monthly utility bill, once per calendar year, for eligible customers, and it must be renewed annually. The benefit is not retroactive and is approved for the first 1,000 eligible customers who submit a completed application with verification of eligibility.
How: Attach verification of eligibility to your application.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartThe city's solid waste rate list charges $40.22 every two months for 1 extra 90-gallon refuse cart and $31.74 for 1 extra 60-gallon refuse cart.

Value before exemptionsUnder Prop 13 your assessed value starts at your purchase price and can rise at most 2% a year, so it is often far below market: use the assessed value on your tax bill. This figure is a floor: it leaves out any direct charges (such as lighting, landscape or assessment districts) that your bill lists, so check your bill.

I live here and have the Homeowners' exemption

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 Redlands house uses about 20.

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 San Bernardino County (filing runs July 2 to November 30, 2026).
Dec 10in 48 daysFirst property tax installment (due Nov 1) is delinquent after Dec 10: 10% penalty.
Feb 15in 115 daysLast day for a first-time homeowners' exemption claim to get the full exemption for the year.
Apr 10Second property tax installment (due Feb 1) becomes delinquent on Apr 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty.

Who serves this house

Water: City of Redlands Municipal Utilities & Engineering Department; Redlands water rates and charges effective July 1, 2025 are shown bi-monthly.
Property tax: 1.18% of value; 2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Redlands Unified School District area)
Garbage: City of Redlands Solid Waste; The City of Redlands bills trash service on its municipal utility bill.
Sewer: City of Redlands; The City of Redlands charges a wastewater rate per single family dwelling unit.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; The City of Redlands utilities page lists Southern California Edison for electric service.
Gas: Southern California Gas Company; SoCalGas lists Redlands, San Bernardino County, among the cities it serves with natural gas.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: Approximately 50% of the drinking water produced is treated surface water, and the remaining 50% comes from 18 local groundwater wells in the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin.
Lead: The city has determined it has no lead or galvanized service lines requiring replacement in its distribution system.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: the 1% county levy plus Redlands Unified School District bonds (0.0009871228), San Bernardino Community College bonds (0.000456643) and San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (0.0004), from the county's FY 2026-27 rate list. Redlands has more than one tax rate area; we did not confirm which holds the most homes, and direct charges on a bill (lighting, assessment or Mello-Roos districts) were not found, so the tax figure is a floor. Redlands may have landscape-maintenance or community facilities district charges on the county tax roll that we could not price or confirm.
Value: the Census median ($618,900) is a market value; Prop 13 assessed values are often lower. The $7,000 homeowners' exemption comes off the value.
Water: the 3/4-inch meter charge ($44.90 bi-monthly, halved) plus tiers per ccf, with tier breakpoints halved from bi-monthly; typical use is the city's rate-study example of 40 ccf per two months. Sewer: $72.65 bi-monthly, halved. Both are the July 1, 2025 rates; the 2026 rate study proposes changes only from January 2027.
Utility bill: the city's bill also covers street cleaning and household hazardous waste services; we found no published dollar amount for either, so the utility total may be a little low.
Trash: the city's rate list gives bi-monthly refuse cart rates effective 1/1/2026 (halved). The website's rate matrix prints the 60- and 90-gallon labels in the opposite order for these two amounts; we used the council rate list's labels. We assume the first green waste and recycling carts are in the base rate, as only extra carts are priced. No separate trash charge is on the property tax bill.
Electricity and gas: SCE total rate and base charge, and SoCalGas's August 2026 average rate and fixed charge, as in neighbouring cities. No city tax or fee on these bills was found.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Redlands house costs

What is the property tax rate in Redlands?

About 1.18% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, San Bernardino County (Redlands Unified School District area)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $5,839 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption.

How much is the water bill in Redlands?

About $101 a month for water and sewer at typical use (20 units, or 14,960 gallons a month) on City of Redlands Municipal Utilities & Engineering Department.

How much does trash pickup cost in Redlands?

$47 to $48 a month, depending on the trash cart size (1 60-gallon refuse cart, 1 90-gallon refuse cart).

When is property tax due in Redlands?

Dec 10: First property tax installment (due Nov 1) is delinquent after Dec 10: 10% penalty. Apr 10: Second property tax installment (due Feb 1) becomes delinquent on Apr 10; taxes not paid by the delinquent date get a 10% penalty.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Redlands?

$20 utility bill credit if you qualify: The city's Utility Bill Assistance Program provides a $20 credit toward your bi-monthly utility bill, once per calendar year, for eligible customers, and it must be renewed annually. The benefit is not retroactive and is approved for the first 1,000 eligible customers who submit a completed application with verification of eligibility. Attach verification of eligibility to your application.

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

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