West Hollywood, CA · Updated Oct 2026

What a West Hollywood home costs each year

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 West Hollywood house

$17,602a year · $1,467 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $924,800; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

A West Hollywood house at the typical market value ($924,800) costs about $17,600 a year: $10,760 property tax and charges, $1,250 water, $430 trash, $3,670 electricity and gas, $1,490 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 20, 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:

Low income: SoCalGas CARE20% off the gas bill
The CARE program gives eligible households a 20% discount on the monthly gas bill.
How: Contact Southern California Gas Company at 1-800-427-2200 or socalgas.com.
Free bulky item pickup
Athens Services collects bulky waste from single-family homes at no charge.
How: Call Athens Services at 1-888-336-6100 to schedule, then put the item at the curb on your trash day.

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What you know

Value before exemptionsThis Census median covers all owner-occupied homes, most of them condos; single-family houses in West Hollywood are few and usually worth more. Under 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.

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 West Hollywood house uses about 8.5.

Electricity, kWh a month

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

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Nov 30, 2026in 37 daysLast day to file a 2026 regular assessment appeal in LA County (filing runs July 2 to November 30).
Dec 10in 47 daysFirst property tax installment (due Nov 1) is late after Dec 10: 10% penalty.
Feb 15in 114 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; LADWP (east side) / Beverly Hills Water (west side)
Property tax: 1.16% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Los Angeles County
Garbage: Athens Services; Athens Services is the City's franchise hauler; homes with 1 to 4 units pay for trash, recycling and organics through a yearly charge on the property tax bill.
Sewer: City of West Hollywood; The City provides its own sewer service, billed on the property tax bill; LADWP sewage fee increases do not apply to West Hollywood residents.
Electricity: Southern California Edison + Clean Power Alliance; SCE delivers the power and bills; Clean Power Alliance buys it. In February 2018 the City Council selected CPA's 100% renewable tier, and customers can opt up, opt down or opt out at any time.
Gas: SoCalGas; Natural gas service in West Hollywood is provided by Southern California Gas Company.
Schools: Los Angeles Unified; The City's list of West Hollywood area schools is headed by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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Your water

Source: West Hollywood is in LADWP's Central Los Angeles service area, supplied by the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Metropolitan Water District's State Water Project and local groundwater; the mix can change with operations.
Lead: In LADWP's 2023 tap sampling the 90th percentile was 3.9 ppb lead, below the 15 ppb action level; LADWP found no lead service lines in its system.
PFAS & violations: LADWP has not detected PFAS regulated by California or the EPA at entry points to its system, and no substance was detected above a maximum contaminant level.

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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, sewer and street maintenance are on the property tax bill for 2026-27: the City's solid waste charge of $431.45 a year per unit for homes with 1 to 4 units (shown as $35.95 a month; every refuse cart size costs the same), the City sewer service charge of $57.24 a year for a single-family home, and the City street maintenance assessment of $11.00 a year for a single-family parcel. West Hollywood charges no utility tax on electricity, gas or water.
Water: about two-thirds of residents are on LADWP (the default here) and the west side is on Beverly Hills Water. LADWP has no fixed monthly water charge; we use its July-December 2026 Schedule A rates plus the 2026 outside-city surcharge ($0.319 per HCF), with the tier sizes for the smallest lot group (under 7,500 sq ft) converted from two-month blocks to monthly and weighted 8 winter months to 4 summer months; LADWP's tiers 3 and 4 currently cost the same, so they are one tier here. Beverly Hills: the 1-inch meter charge ($59.81 per two months) and its outside-city single-family tiers from January 1, 2026 (including the MWD pass-through) plus the $0.44 per HCF reliability charge, halved to monthly. The page starts at 8.5 HCF a month, LADWP's median single-family use in FY 2024-25.
Property tax: 1% plus the 2026-27 Los Angeles Unified and Los Angeles Community College District bond rates from the LA County tax rate resolution (about 1.1647% in total), less the $7,000 homeowners' exemption, applied to the value you enter. The starting value is the Census median for all owner-occupied homes (mostly condos); under Prop 13 a home's assessed value can be far lower. Not included: the Metropolitan Water District's small levy (its 2026-27 rate was not found on MWD's site), and county charges that vary by parcel size or improvements, such as the LA County flood control assessment and Measure W (2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable area).
Electricity: the SCE/CPA joint rate comparison's $0.40019 per-kWh total for the Domestic rate with CPA 100% Green Power (its $209.30 average bill is that rate times 523 kWh, so it does not include SCE's $24.15 monthly Base Services Charge); we add that charge on top: $24.15 a month plus $0.40019 per kWh. Gas: SoCalGas's March 2026 average non-CARE bill ($72.39 at 35 therms), taken as including the $0.16-a-day customer charge (about $4.87 a month), so $4.87 a month plus $1.929 per therm. Both are averages; real bills vary by season and time of use. Insurance starts at the 2022 California average.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How West Hollywood compares

A typical West Hollywood house against the 207 California cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	West Hollywood	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.16%	1.13%	higher than 142 of the other 206 California cities we cover
Water	$1,250	$944	higher than 167 of the other 206 California cities we cover
Trash	$431	$443	lower than 100 of the other 187 California cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,670	$3,463	higher than 153 of the other 206 California cities we cover
Home insurance	$1,492	$1,492	in the middle of 201 other California cities we cover
Total	$17,602	$14,973	higher than 152 of the other 206 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 $1,250 a year at typical use, higher than 167 of the other 206 California cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $1,250 a year at typical use, higher than 167 of the other 206 California cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

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Common questions about West Hollywood house costs

What is the property tax rate in West Hollywood?

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 $57, City street maintenance assessment $11).

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

About $5,810 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homeowners' exemption, including $68 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in West Hollywood?

About $104 a month for water at typical use (8.5 units, or 6,358 gallons a month) on Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

How much does trash pickup cost in West Hollywood?

$36 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in West Hollywood?

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.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in West Hollywood?

Low income: SoCalGas CARE: The CARE program gives eligible households a 20% discount on the monthly gas bill. Contact Southern California Gas Company at 1-800-427-2200 or socalgas.com.

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

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