Rosemead, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Rosemead 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 Rosemead house

$11,768a year · $981 a month

Starts at $403,556 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$4,595
1.159% of $403,556, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$497
Sewer $79 · LA County Sanitation District No. 15 sewer service charge $212 · LA County Measure W Safe Clean Water tax (median single-family parcel) $96 · San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control assessment $20 · Metropolitan Water District water standby charge (Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD) $9 · LA County Fire Measure E special tax (6 cents per sq ft, median-size house) $81
Electricity and gas$3,463
523 kWh a month $2,637 · 35 therms $827
Water$1,384
11,000 gallons a month on California American Water (San Marino system): water $115 a month
Trash$337
96-gallon trash cart, with 96-gallon recycling and organics carts, $28 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A typical Rosemead house pays about $11,800 a year: $5,090 property tax and charges, $1,380 water, $340 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

Nothing here applies to every house automatically. These are worth checking:

Seniors 62+ with limited income: discounted trash rate$22.71 vs $26.97 a month (2025-26 rates)
Republic Services charges a Senior Citizen Hardship Rate to customers 62 and older who meet the income limit. In 2025-26 the senior 96-gallon bundle rate was $22.71 a month, against $26.97 for the standard bundle.
How: Download the discount application from the City's Waste & Recycling page or call Republic Services at 800-299-4898.
Free bulky item pickups
Single-family residents get 5 free large-item pickups a year at no additional cost, for furniture, appliances and other items too big for the black trash cart.
How: Call Republic Services at 800-299-4898 one business day before your collection day.
Free hazardous waste, e-waste and shredding drop-off
The City and Republic Services hold spring and fall events with free compost, and free household hazardous waste, paper shredding, bulky item and e-waste drop-off.
How: Register for the next event on the City's Waste & Recycling page.
Low-income households: California American Water discount
Qualifying low-income California American Water customers can get a discount on their water bill once accepted into the company's low-income program.
How: Apply with California American Water.
Low-income seniors over 62: Safe, Clean Water parcel tax exemptionNo Safe, Clean Water tax
Owners over 62 who live in the home and head a low-income household can apply for an exemption from the Safe, Clean Water Program special parcel tax; the FY 2027-28 limit is $106,600 for a 2-person household.
How: Submit the claim form to the Safe, Clean Water Program by May 1 each year; call 833-275-7297.
Low water use: reduced sanitation district charge
District No. 15 parcels with significantly lower water usage may be eligible for a reduced service charge; dischargers with verified low water usage, particularly seniors and retirees, may qualify.
How: Apply to the Sanitation Districts' low water rebate program.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartEvery home gets a three-cart bundle: a black trash cart, a 96-gallon blue recycling cart and a 96-gallon green organics cart. The 96- and 64-gallon trash bundles cost the same; a 32-gallon bundle costs slightly less.

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. About a third of Rosemead's houses are in tax rate areas with a different elementary and college district that total about 0.055% more.

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, thousands of gallons a month

On your water bill. A typical house uses 5,000–8,000 gallons.

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.
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) is late after Apr 10: 10% penalty plus $10.

Who serves this house

Water: Depends on your address; California American Water, Golden State Water, San Gabriel Valley Water and others
Property tax: 1.16% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County
Sewer: LA County Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District + LA County Sanitation District No. 15; Rosemead is in the County's Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District, which collects its sewer charge through the property tax roll, and in County Sanitation District No. 15.
Electricity: Southern California Edison; Southern California Edison provides electricity in Rosemead.
Gas: SoCalGas; The Gas Company (SoCalGas) provides natural gas in Rosemead.
Schools: Rosemead SD, Garvey SD, El Monte Union HSD; Garvey School District, Rosemead School District and El Monte Union High School District serve Rosemead residents.

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Your water

Source: Mostly groundwater from the Main San Gabriel and Raymond Basins (77% from San Marino wells), plus water bought from the Metropolitan Water District (23%).
Standards: California American Water says the San Marino system's water met state and federal drinking water requirements in 2025.
Hardness: Total hardness (as CaCO3), 2022 and 2025 sampling: 113 ppm (6.6 grains per gallon) in the company's own wells and 234 ppm (14 grains) in water bought from Metropolitan.
Chromium 6: Hexavalent chromium was not found above the limit; the company says it is working on treatment to comply with the limit by October 1, 2026.

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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.
Property tax: tax rate area 08216 and four others with the same 1.158734% total, where about 60% of Rosemead's 6,117 parcels coded single-family (use code 0100) sit (LA County Auditor-Controller tax rate area lookup, 2026-27): the 1% levy, the 2026-27 Rosemead School District, El Monte Union High School District and Pasadena Area Community College District bond rates from the LA County tax rate resolution, and the Metropolitan Water District's 0.0085%, less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption, applied to the value you enter. About 35% of single-family parcels (tax rate area 03917 and three others) are in a different elementary and college district at 1.213458% in total. The City levies no property tax rate of its own on these areas. The starting value is the median 2026 roll value of single-family parcels; Prop 13 values of long-held homes are far below market.
Sewer and flat charges on the tax bill for 2026-27: the LA County Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District charge ($58.50 plus the $20 capital outlay charge, $78.50 per sewage unit; Rosemead's tax rate areas are listed in the District's 2026-27 report), LA County Sanitation District No. 15's $212 service charge (all of the city's single-family parcels but a handful fall in District No. 15 in the Sanitation Districts' boundary map), Measure W (2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable area; we use the median for Rosemead single-family parcels in the county's Safe Clean Water tax layer, $95.76), the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District's $20 per parcel, the Metropolitan Water District's $9.27 standby charge for Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD lands (all single-family parcels), and the LA County Fire Measure E special tax of 6 cents per square foot of building, figured on the median 1,350 square-foot main building ($81; the Measure allows up to a 2% yearly increase, so the 2026-27 amount may be slightly higher). Not included because they vary by parcel or we found no published per-home amount: the county fire department's older special tax, the Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD's own charge, the LA County flood control assessment, the trauma and emergency services tax and the LA County park district assessments.
Trash: Republic Services' (Consolidated Disposal Service) single-family rates for July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 (the 2025-26 rates raised by the 4% annual adjustment: $28.05 a month for the 96- or 64-gallon bundle; the adjustment worksheet shows $27.47 for the 32-gallon bundle), billed by Republic.
Water: placing each single-family parcel on the state water-system map, about 41% are in California American Water's San Marino system (the default here), 22% in Golden State Water's South San Gabriel system and 13% in San Gabriel Valley Water's El Monte/Whittier system; San Gabriel County Water District (about 9%), Amarillo Mutual (about 5%) and the rest are not priced here (homes there see the default). Cal-Am: the SOU-1 rates per 100 gallons converted to 1,000 gallons, plus the per-100-gallon surcharges in effect now and the 1.088% Rosemead franchise fee; not included are its $3.25 CAP surcharge (the tariff does not state the period), the PUC reimbursement fee, and the $5.41 monthly residential surcredit that ends in late October 2026. Golden State: R3-1-R rates plus the CAP and April 2026 surcharges and the 0.7% fee; its $0.408 per Ccf WRAM surcharge, which ends October 31, 2026, is left out. San Gabriel Valley Water: Schedule LA-1C rates effective July 20, 2026 with the LA-AS surcharges, the $4.45 monthly sur-credit and the 0.70% CPUC fee. The page starts at 15.17 Ccf a month, Cal-Am's typical San Marino-system residential use of 11,345 gallons a month (Golden State gives 9 Ccf as its San Gabriel average).
Electricity: SCE's standard Domestic rate with SCE generation from the SCE/CPA joint rate comparison ($0.37392 per kWh in total, SCE rates as of June 1, 2026; its $195.56 average bill at 523 kWh equals that rate times the usage), plus SCE's $24.15 monthly Base Services Charge. Gas: SoCalGas's August 2026 average non-CARE bill ($68.91 at 35 therms, the latest rate alert), taken as including the $0.16-a-day customer charge (about $4.87 a month), 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.
Insurance is the 2022 California average, the newest figure from the cited source; premiums may have changed since.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Rosemead compares

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

Per year	Rosemead	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.16%	1.13%	higher than 68 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$1,384	$955	higher than 98 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Trash	$337	$438	lower than 93 of the other 101 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,463	$3,556	lower than 67 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	$11,768	$15,240	lower than 93 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. Water

The fact: Water here costs about $1,384 a year at typical use, higher than 98 of the other 109 California cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $1,384 a year at typical use, higher than 98 of the other 109 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $337 a year for the standard cart, lower 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 $337 a year for the standard cart, lower 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 Rosemead house costs

What is the property tax rate in Rosemead?

About 1.16% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $79, LA County Sanitation District No. 15 sewer service charge $212, LA County Measure W Safe Clean Water tax (median single-family parcel) $96, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control assessment $20).

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

About $6,209 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $497 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Rosemead?

About $115 a month for water at typical use (11,000 gallons a month) on California American Water (San Marino system).

How much does trash pickup cost in Rosemead?

$28 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Rosemead?

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 Rosemead?

Yes. Seniors 62+ with limited income: discounted trash rate: Republic Services charges a Senior Citizen Hardship Rate to customers 62 and older who meet the income limit. In 2025-26 the senior 96-gallon bundle rate was $22.71 a month, against $26.97 for the standard bundle.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Rosemead?

Seniors 62+ with limited income: discounted trash rate: Republic Services charges a Senior Citizen Hardship Rate to customers 62 and older who meet the income limit. In 2025-26 the senior 96-gallon bundle rate was $22.71 a month, against $26.97 for the standard bundle. Download the discount application from the City's Waste & Recycling page or call Republic Services at 800-299-4898.

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

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