Visalia, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Visalia 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 Visalia house

$9,891a year · $824 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $407,800; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$4,347
1.085% of $407,800, less $7,000 homeowners' exemption
Electricity and gas$3,069
506 kWh a month $2,242 · 35 therms $827
Water and sewer$697
9 units (CCF) a month on Cal Water Visalia: water $29, sewer $26, storm drain (master plan, deficiencies, waterway, kaweah lake) $3 a month
Trash$286
Baseline service: garbage, recycling and yard waste cans, weekly, $24 a month
Home insurance$1,492
Typical premium $1,492

A Visalia house at the typical market value ($407,800) pays about $9,900 a year: $4,350 property tax and charges, $700 water and sewer, $290 trash, $3,070 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:

Homeowners' exemption: $7,000 off taxable value$7,000 off value
The California Constitution provides a $7,000 reduction in the taxable value for a qualifying owner-occupied home that was the owner's principal residence on January 1.
How: File with the county assessor where the property is located; a claim filed by February 15 gets the full exemption for that year.
Seniors: half-price sewer$13.25 a month
The City lists a Senior Citizen Life Line residential sewer discount of $13.25 a month, which equals 1/2 of the residential charge.
How: Listed in the City of Visalia Rates and Fees schedule.
Seniors: Life Line trash rate$12.75 a month
The City's Rates and Fees schedule lists a Senior Citizen Life Line residential container service rate of $12.75 a month.
How: Listed in the City of Visalia Rates and Fees schedule.
Low-income households: Cal Water Schedule CAP creditsBill credit
Qualifying low-income individually metered residential customers are eligible for credits shown on Schedule CAP.
How: See Schedule CAP in Cal Water's residential metered tariff.

Money dates

Nov 2, 2026in 10 daysFirst installment of secured property taxes due; delinquent December 10, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
Feb 1, 2027in 101 daysSecond installment of secured property taxes due; delinquent April 12, 2027 at 5:00 p.m.
Feb 15in 115 daysLast day to file a first-time homeowners' exemption claim and receive the full exemption for that year.

Who serves this house

Water: Cal Water Visalia; California Water Service, Visalia tariff area, Schedule VS-1-R single-family residential metered service: a monthly service charge by meter size plus quantity rates per CCF (100 cubic feet)
Property tax: 1.08% of value; 2026–27 tax year, Tulare County, tax rate area 006-000
Garbage: City of Visalia Solid Waste; One garbage can, one recycling can and one yard waste can, each serviced once a week. Billed by the City.
Sewer: City of Visalia; Flat monthly residential sewer charge.
Electricity: Southern California Edison (SCE); Tiered Rate Plan (Schedule D).
Schools: Visalia Unified; Visalia Unified appears in the 2026-27 property tax rate book.

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: Cal Water serves Visalia and Goshen with groundwater produced by 58 local wells.
Hardness: The 2025 water quality table shows an average hardness of 72 ppm in the service area.
Nitrate: The average nitrate as N level was 2.5 ppm, with a maximum level of 7.8 ppm.

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How these numbers are made

Garbage, sewer and storm drain: City of Visalia Rates and Fees FY 2025-26 (the latest schedule we could read; the City's 2026-27 schedule exists but could not be opened, so these city charges are FY 2025-26 figures and may be slightly lower than today's): $23.85 a month baseline trash service, $26.45 a month residential sewer, and storm drain charges of $0.84, $0.67, $0.51 and $0.68 a month. The storm drain operations charge of $0.24 per 1,000 sq ft of parcel is left out because it depends on lot size.
Water: Cal Water Visalia Schedule VS-1-R effective July 1, 2026: $21.20 a month for a 5/8 x 3/4-inch meter, and $0.4342, $1.7188, $2.1514 and $2.5892 per CCF in the tiers shown. Cal Water's CPUC fee and Schedule RSF, CAP and AS surcharges are not included. No typical use is published, so the page starts at its default.
Property tax: Tulare County 2026-27 rate book, tax rate area 006-000 (City of Visalia, Visalia Unified): 1% plus 0.014918% Kaweah Delta hospital bond, 0.03% and 0.0246% Visalia Unified bonds and 0.002% and 0.013% College of the Sequoias bonds, 1.084518% in all, less the $7,000 exemption. The City itself has no voter-approved levy in the book; most other Visalia tax rate areas have the same total, a few are lower. The 0.0003% Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District tax is left out.
Flat charges: the City's landscape and lighting district appears on about 21,200 parcels' bills (newer subdivisions, averaging about $410 a year per parcel in the county's 2026-27 listing) and other City improvement districts are on a few; none is on every bill, so none is included.
Energy: SCE Tiered Rate Plan rates are rounded to whole cents on SCE's page; 0–384 kWh is the tier width shown there, and a home's real baseline depends on its baseline region and season. The base charge is 79¢ x 365 / 12. Typical use is SCE's 2024 residential average (EIA). Gas is SoCalGas's August 2026 average non-CARE bill divided by 35 therms, one blended rate; city franchise fees are not included. Home value is the Census median market value; a long-time owner has a lower Prop 13 assessed value.
Insurance is the 2022 California average homeowners premium (NAIC via the Insurance Information Institute).
Fixed electric charge uses the 79¢ daily SCE Base Services Charge (x365/12); SoCalGas gas rate = $68.91 August 2026 average non-CARE bill / 35 typical therms.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Visalia house costs

What is the property tax rate in Visalia?

About 1.08% of the value before exemptions a year (2026–27 tax year, Tulare County, tax rate area 006-000), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $5,347 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption.

How much is the water bill in Visalia?

About $58 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on Cal Water Visalia.

How much does trash pickup cost in Visalia?

$24 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Visalia?

Nov 2, 2026: First installment of secured property taxes due; delinquent December 10, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Feb 1, 2027: Second installment of secured property taxes due; delinquent April 12, 2027 at 5:00 p.m.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Visalia?

Yes. Seniors: half-price sewer: The City lists a Senior Citizen Life Line residential sewer discount of $13.25 a month, which equals 1/2 of the residential charge.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Visalia?

Low-income households: Cal Water Schedule CAP credits: Qualifying low-income individually metered residential customers are eligible for credits shown on Schedule CAP. See Schedule CAP in Cal Water's residential metered tariff.

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

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