Simi Valley, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Simi Valley 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.

Sent only to free public map services to find who serves it. Not stored unless you save your house.

Example · a Simi Valley house

$16,698a year · $1,392 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $823,800; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$8,971
1.098% of $823,800, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$739
Sewer $705 · Watershed Protection District benefit assessment (standard home lot) $34
Electricity and gas$3,416
523 kWh a month $2,589 · 35 therms $827
Water$1,719
16 units (CCF) a month on Simi Valley / Waterworks District No. 8: water $143 a month
Trash$362
64-gallon trash cart (with 64-gallon recycling and organics carts), $30 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A Simi Valley house at the typical market value ($823,800) pays about $16,700 a year: $9,710 property tax and charges, $1,720 water, $360 trash, $3,420 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 32-gallon trash cart (with 64-gallon recycling and organics carts) cartUp to $32 a year
Your cart costs $30 a month; the smallest costs $27. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Ask WM (G.I. Industries) to exchange your cart; each cart exchange beyond one a year costs $37.30.
Seniors 62+: 10% off the trash bill$27.13 instead of $30.14 a month
WM's senior rate is 10% below the standard rate for single-family customers 62 or older who live at the home: $27.13 a month instead of $30.14 for the 64-gallon cart.
How: Ask WM (G.I. Industries) for the Senior Citizen Discount; WM may require reasonable proof of age and that you live at the home.
Free bulky item pickups
Residents may request two free bulky item pickups per calendar year, with up to four items each time.
How: Call WM at (805) 522-9400 or schedule in your My WM account.
Free household hazardous waste pickup
WM's At Your Door service picks up household hazardous waste at the curb at no additional cost.
How: Call (800) 449-7587, Monday to Friday, 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Disabled residents: free backyard cart service
WM brings carts out from the backyard, side yard or other storage location and returns them, at no additional cost, for residents who are disabled or physically challenged.
How: Send WM a doctor's statement certifying disabled status and a signed affidavit that no able-bodied person in the household can move the carts.
Income-qualified: SCE CARE rate32.5% off the electric bill
Through SCE's CARE program, qualifying households receive 32.5% off their electric bills; you may qualify based on household size and the total income of everyone living in the home.
How: Apply online at sce.com or call SCE's automated line at 1-800-798-5723; no additional documentation is required to apply.
Income-qualified: SoCalGas CARE20% off the gas bill
You may qualify for 20% off your monthly natural gas bill through CARE if someone in your household receives public assistance such as Medi-Cal, CalFresh or SSI, or if household income is under the program's limit.
How: Apply online with SoCalGas at socalgas.com; no additional documentation is required.
Water efficiency rebates (Waterworks District No. 8)
District customers may be eligible for water efficiency rebates through the Metropolitan Water District's Residential Rebate Program.
How: See the City's Water Conservation page for rebate details.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartEvery rate includes 64-gallon recycling and organics carts; only the trash cart size changes.

Value before exemptionsUnder Prop 13 a home is generally reassessed to market value only when it changes ownership or is newly built, and its base year value rises no more than 2% a year otherwise, so the assessed value is often far below market: use the assessed value on your tax 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 Simi Valley house uses about 16.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your Clean Power Alliance (Lean Power) with Southern California Edison delivery bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

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) is delinquent after Apr 10: 10% penalty.

Who serves this house

Water: Depends on your address; Waterworks District No. 8 or Golden State Water
Property tax: 1.10% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Ventura County (tax rate area 09000)
Garbage: WM (G.I. Industries); WM (G.I. Industries) is the only franchised waste hauler in Simi Valley; it bills single-family homes directly every two months, in advance.
Sewer: City of Simi Valley Sanitation; Residential sewer service is assessed on the Ventura County tax roll: $58.72 a month for a single-family home from July 1, 2026.
Electricity: Clean Power Alliance + Southern California Edison; The City lists Southern California Edison for electrical power; Clean Power Alliance has served Simi Valley customers since 2019, with Lean Power as the city's preferred energy option.
Gas: SoCalGas; The City lists Southern California Gas Company among Simi Valley's utility providers.
Schools: Simi Valley Unified School District; The City lists Simi Valley Unified School District among other local agencies; the 2026-27 rates for Simi Valley tax rate area 09000 include two unified school bond rates labeled SIMI.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: Calleguas Municipal Water District supplies about 99 percent of the District's drinking water, mainly State Water Project water; about 1 percent is groundwater from the Gillibrand basin.
Lead: In 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result in 30 tap samples was 0.00082 ppm and no site exceeded the action level; the service line inventory found no lead service lines.

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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.
Water: Waterworks District No. 8 (run by the City) serves about 68 percent of Simi Valley and is the default; Golden State Water Company serves the rest. District 8: the January 1, 2026 single-family service charge of $76.22 every two months ($38.11 a month) plus $6.57 per billing unit (748 gallons, the same as a CCF); the lift charge of $0.19 per unit for homes in pumped zones is left out. Golden State Water (Schedule SI-1-R, effective January 1, 2026): $40.09 a month for a 5/8 x 3/4-inch meter and $4.578, $5.264 and $6.054 per Ccf for the first 10, next 12 and over 22 Ccf, each plus the $0.166 per Ccf CAP surcharge; the temporary WRAM/MCBA surcharges that began May 1, 2025 for 12 months and the Schedule UF reimbursement fee are left out. The page starts at 16 CCF a month, the average single-family use in the District's 2025 rate study survey.
Sewer: the City's single-family sanitation rate of $58.72 a month from July 1, 2026 ($704.64 a year), collected on the Ventura County tax bill. Trash: WM's 2026 rates (effective July 1, 2026) for 3-cart service, $30.14 a month with the standard 64-gallon trash cart, billed by WM every two months.
Property tax: Ventura County's 2026-27 rates for tax rate area 09000 (the 1% levy, two Simi Valley Unified bond rates, Ventura County Community College District bonds and Metropolitan Water District), 1.0983% in total; 126 of the 131 Simi Valley city tax rate areas carry this same total, and the other 5 have no Metropolitan Water District rate (1.0898%). The $7,000 homeowners' exemption comes off the value you enter. The starting value is the Census median market value; under Prop 13 a home's assessed value can be far lower.
Fixed charges: the Ventura County Watershed Protection District benefit assessment for Simi Valley ($25.80 operations and maintenance + $4.35 District NPDES + $3.87 City NPDES = $34.02 a year for a standard 0.2-acre single-family lot), from the District's latest Report on Benefit Assessment Program (labeled FY 2025/2026, prepared March 18, 2026; the rates are the same as FY 2024/25). Larger lots pay more. Not included because the amount depends on the parcel or we could not confirm it for 2026-27: the Calleguas Municipal Water District and Metropolitan Water District water standby charges (a few dollars per parcel), landscape maintenance districts and Mello-Roos or other special taxes some tracts carry. Your tax bill lists them.
Electricity: SCE's joint rate comparison with Clean Power Alliance for the Domestic rate with CPA Lean Power, Simi Valley's preferred energy option ($0.36641 per kWh in total; SCE rates as of June 1, 2026 and CPA rates as of July 1, 2026; the comparison uses SCE's 2025 typical customer usage profiles, and its $191.63 average bill at 523 kWh equals that rate times the usage, so it is a year-round average), plus SCE's $24.15 monthly Base Services Charge. Gas: SoCalGas's August 2026 average non-CARE bill ($68.91 at 35 therms), taken as including the $0.16-a-day customer charge (about $4.87 a month), so $4.87 a month plus $1.830 per therm. Insurance starts at the 2022 California average.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Simi Valley compares

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

Per year	Simi Valley	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.10%	1.13%	lower than 86 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Water	$1,719	$955	higher than 104 of the other 109 California cities we cover
Trash	$362	$438	lower than 84 of the other 101 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,416	$3,556	lower than 78 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	$16,698	$15,240	higher than 70 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. Property tax rate

The fact: Simi Valley's property tax rate is 1.10%, lower than 86 of the other 109 California cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Simi Valley is 1.10%, lower than 86 of the other 109 California cities we cover. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"

2. Water

The fact: Water here costs about $1,719 a year at typical use, higher than 104 of the other 109 California cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $1,719 a year at typical use, higher than 104 of the other 109 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $362 a year for the standard cart, lower than 84 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 $362 a year for the standard cart, lower than 84 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 Simi Valley house costs

What is the property tax rate in Simi Valley?

About 1.10% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Ventura County (tax rate area 09000)), plus flat charges on the same bill (Sewer $705, Watershed Protection District benefit assessment (standard home lot) $34).

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

About $6,153 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $739 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Simi Valley?

About $143 a month for water at typical use (16 units, or 11,968 gallons a month) on Simi Valley / Waterworks District No. 8.

How much does trash pickup cost in Simi Valley?

$27 to $33 a month, depending on the trash cart size (32-gallon trash cart (with 64-gallon recycling and organics carts), 64-gallon trash cart (with 64-gallon recycling and organics carts), 96-gallon trash cart (with 64-gallon recycling and organics carts)).

When is property tax due in Simi Valley?

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) is delinquent after Apr 10: 10% penalty.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Simi Valley?

Yes. Seniors 62+: 10% off the trash bill: WM's senior rate is 10% below the standard rate for single-family customers 62 or older who live at the home: $27.13 a month instead of $30.14 for the 64-gallon cart.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Simi Valley?

Income-qualified: SCE CARE rate: Through SCE's CARE program, qualifying households receive 32.5% off their electric bills; you may qualify based on household size and the total income of everyone living in the home. Apply online at sce.com or call SCE's automated line at 1-800-798-5723; no additional documentation is required to apply.

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