Edgewater, FL · Updated Oct 2026

What a Edgewater 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 Edgewater house

$11,411a year · $951 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $256,200; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$3,751
1.764% of $256,200, less $25,000 homestead exemption and less $26,411 additional homestead exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$50
City of Edgewater fire services assessment (per dwelling unit) $50
Electricity$1,953
1104 kWh a month $1,775 · City of Edgewater public service tax $178
Water and sewer$2,386
7,000 gallons a month on City of Edgewater: water $83, sewer $96, stormwater fee (one edu per residential property) $20 a month
Trash$463
95-gallon cart, $39 a month
Home insurance$2,808
Typical premium $2,808

A Edgewater house at the typical market value ($256,200) pays about $11,400 a year: $3,800 property tax and charges, $2,390 water and sewer, $460 trash, $1,950 electricity, $2,810 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:

Veterans with a service-connected disability: exemptions$5,000 off, or no ad valorem tax on the homestead
An honorably discharged veteran disabled 10% or more may get a $5,000 reduction in assessed value. Honorably discharged veterans with a service-related total and permanent disability may be totally exempt from ad valorem taxes on their homestead. Edgewater's fire services assessment is not charged on the homestead of a qualified disabled veteran who receives a total property tax exemption.
How: Apply to your county property appraiser.
$5,000 exemption for widows, widowers, blind and totally and permanently disabled residents$5,000 off value
Florida exempts $5,000 of property value for every widow, widower, blind person, or totally and permanently disabled person who is a Florida resident.
How: Complete and file the required form with the Volusia County Property Appraiser.
Pay your tax bill in November for 4% off4% off the bill
Volusia County tax bills are mailed about November 1. Paying in November takes 4% off; the discount is 3% in December, 2% in January, 1% in February and none in March.
How: Pay the Volusia County Tax Collector in person or online in November.
Change your garbage cart size at no chargeFree cart exchange
Residential accounts can request a different size garbage cart once within 12 months of opening the account and once every 24 months after that at no charge. Cart sizes are 35, 65 and 95 gallons.
How: Call the Department of Environmental Services at 386.424.2400 ext. 4007.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartResidential refuse is $30.60 a month per unit and recycling $8.00 a month per unit from October 1, 2026. The City provides each residence one garbage cart; cart sizes are 35, 65 and 95 gallons. An additional cart costs $60.00 plus $5.00 a month.

Value before exemptionsThe assessed or appraised value on your tax bill or notice, before exemptions (not the "taxable" line).

I live here and have the Homestead exemption and Additional homestead exemption

Home insurance, a yearFrom your policy. We start at $2,808, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, July 2026 Insurer Stability report: Volusia County average homeowners premium including wind, data as of March 31, 2026.

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 Florida Power & Light (FPL) bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Money dates

Nov 1in 9 daysVolusia County property tax bills are mailed on or about November 1; paying in November takes 4% off (3% December, 2% January, 1% February, none in March).
Mar 1Deadline to file the homestead exemption application (Form DR-501) with the county property appraiser for that tax year.
Mar 31Last day to pay property taxes without penalty.
Apr 1Unpaid taxes become delinquent and a 3% minimum charge is added.

Who serves this house

Water: City of Edgewater; City of Edgewater water rates in the schedule of fees adopted August 3, 2026 (rate increases take effect October 1 of each year): a monthly base charge by meter size plus four tiers per 1,000 gallons, billed monthly. Edgewater levies a 10% public service tax on water.
Property tax: 1.76% of value; 2026 tax year (fiscal year 2026-27), Volusia County millage code 604 (Edgewater)
Garbage: City of Edgewater (recycling by Southard Enterprises); Residential refuse $30.60 a month plus recycling $8.00 a month, billed on the City utility bill
Sewer: City of Edgewater; $26.39 a month for a 3/4 inch meter plus $10.40 per 1,000 gallons
Electricity: Florida Power & Light (FPL); Residential Service (RS-1): $10.52 base charge a month plus per-kWh charges
Schools: Volusia County Schools; 5.2430 mills in total for the 2026 tax year

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: The water comes from fourteen wells in the Floridan Aquifer; it is aerated, chlorinated, ammoniated, softened to lower total hardness and alkalinity, pH adjusted and filtered.
Lead lines: The City completed an inventory of water service line materials and has not identified any lead service lines in the public water system.
By-products: Total trihalomethanes sampled in July 2025: 56.9 ppb detected (range 52.7 to 56.9; MCL 80), no violation.

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How these numbers are made

Florida tax bills are public, but we calculate yours from public rates and the value you enter.
Property tax: 17.6422 mills in total for Volusia County millage code 604 (Edgewater), 2026 tax year, from the Property Appraiser's 2026 final millage table: Volusia County 5.0698 operating (General Fund 3.1007, Law Enforcement 1.5994, Library 0.3697) plus 0.4000 voter-approved (ECHO 0.2000, Volusia Forever 0.2000); Volusia County Schools 5.2430; St. Johns River Water Management District 0.1793; Florida Inland Navigation District 0.0270; Southeast Volusia Hospital District 0.0668; East Volusia Mosquito Control 0.1573; Ponce De Leon Inlet and Port District 0.0640; City of Edgewater 6.3300 operating and 0.1050 voted debt service for parks (both adopted September 28, 2026). Edgewater is not in the county fire district or Municipal Service District.
Homestead takes $25,000 off all taxes and up to $26,411 more off non-school taxes (we apply the full $26,411, which every home assessed at $76,411 or more gets). The typical value is the Census median market value of owner-occupied units, condos and mobile homes included; the Save Our Homes cap keeps many homesteads' assessed value lower. The only flat charge on a typical home's tax bill is the City fire services assessment, $50 per dwelling unit for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026; 16 parcels in the Thomas Street road improvement area pay $351.53 more, and parcels in a CDD would pay more assessments that are not included.
Water, sewer, stormwater and garbage are all on the monthly City utility bill, at the rates of the fee schedule adopted August 3, 2026 for October 1, 2026 (the schedule prints each old rate next to its new one; we use the new ones). Water: $18.20 a month for a 3/4 inch meter plus $4.90 per 1,000 gallons to 3,000, $10.18 to 5,000, $12.73 to 10,000 and $15.88 above, with the City's 10% utility tax on water added to every water charge (so $20.02, $5.39, $11.20, $14.00 and $17.47). Sewer: $26.39 a month plus $10.40 per 1,000 gallons, untaxed and uncapped. Stormwater $19.61 a month (one EDU; the schedule prints the old $14.58 next to it, a larger rise than the roughly 3 to 5% on the other lines); refuse $30.60 plus recycling $8.00 a month for any cart size. The City's average-bill FAQ shows sample bills at 1,000, 3,000 and 6,000 gallons but states no typical use, so the page starts at 9 CCF (about 6,700 gallons). Reclaimed water ($10.43 a month base where available), irrigation meters and homes on septic or private wells are not modeled; set those lines yourself. A November 9, 2026 Council discussion is set on moving the stormwater fee to the tax bill from fiscal year 2028.
Electricity: FPL rate RS-1 effective October 2026, $10.52 a month plus 12.258 cents per kWh up to 1,000 kWh and 14.258 cents above (energy, conservation, capacity, environmental, storm protection and fuel charges less the transition credit), plus Edgewater's 10% public service tax on electricity applied to the whole bill (Florida law exempts fuel adjustment charges, so this slightly overstates it). FPL's franchise fee (Edgewater's percentage not confirmed; Florida cities commonly set 3 to 6%) and the state gross receipts tax are not included, so the real bill will run a few percent higher. Typical use, 1,104 kWh a month, is EIA's 2024 Florida residential average. Gas is not modeled: about 2% of Edgewater owner-occupied homes heat with utility gas (Census ACS 2020-2024).
Insurance: Florida OIR's Volusia County average homeowners premium with wind coverage ($2,808, data as of March 31, 2026); flood insurance is a separate policy and is not included.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Edgewater compares

A typical Edgewater house against the 53 Florida cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Edgewater	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.76%	1.78%	lower than 28 of the other 52 Florida cities we cover
Water	$994	$515	higher than 50 of the other 52 Florida cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$1,392	$901	higher than 47 of the other 51 Florida cities we cover
Trash	$463	$364	higher than 40 of the other 51 Florida cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$1,953	$1,953	higher than 17 of the other 52 Florida cities we cover
Home insurance	$2,808	$3,733	lower than 44 of the other 51 Florida cities we cover
Total	$11,411	$12,935	lower than 47 of the other 52 Florida 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 $994 a year at typical use, higher than 50 of the other 52 Florida cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $994 a year at typical use, higher than 50 of the other 52 Florida cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $1,392 a year, higher than 47 of the other 51 Florida cities we cover. Some cities bill sewer on the property tax bill instead, which is not counted here.

Ask: "Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here cost about $1,392 a year, higher than 47 of the other 51 Florida cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $463 a year for the standard cart, higher than 40 of the other 51 Florida 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 $463 a year for the standard cart, higher than 40 of the other 51 Florida 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 Edgewater house costs

What is the property tax rate in Edgewater?

About 1.76% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year (fiscal year 2026-27), Volusia County millage code 604 (Edgewater)), plus flat charges on the same bill (City of Edgewater fire services assessment (per dwelling unit) $50).

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

About $8,103 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, including $50 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Edgewater?

About $199 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on City of Edgewater.

How much does trash pickup cost in Edgewater?

$39 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Edgewater?

Mar 31: Last day to pay property taxes without penalty.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Edgewater?

Yes. Change your garbage cart size at no charge: Residential accounts can request a different size garbage cart once within 12 months of opening the account and once every 24 months after that at no charge. Cart sizes are 35, 65 and 95 gallons.

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

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