Oakland Park, FL · Updated Oct 2026

What a Oakland Park 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 Oakland Park house

$16,589a year · $1,382 a month

Starts at $301,780 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$5,234
2.023% of $301,780, less $25,000 homestead exemption and less $26,411 additional homestead exemption
Flat charges on the tax bill$586
City of Oakland Park fire assessment, per residential unit (FY 2027 recommended rate; final resolution not found) $441 · City of Oakland Park stormwater assessment, 1 ERU per residence (FY 2027) $145
Electricity$1,953
1104 kWh a month $1,775 · City of Oakland Park public service tax $178
Water and sewer$2,336
7,000 gallons a month on City of Oakland Park: water $110, sewer $85 a month
Trash$344
96-gallon garbage cart (with 65-gallon blue recycling cart), $29 a month
Home insurance$6,136
Typical premium $6,136

A typical Oakland Park house costs about $16,600 a year: $5,820 property tax and charges, $2,340 water and sewer, $340 trash, $1,950 electricity, $6,140 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:

Seniors 65+ with limited income: extra exemptionsExtra exemption on county and city taxes
Seniors 65 or older with a homestead exemption and 2026 household adjusted gross income of no more than $38,686 can get the low-income senior exemption, which applies to the county portion of the taxes and to city taxes in cities that adopted it. Broward County raised its amount to $50,000, and Oakland Park is listed among the cities that enacted the ordinance increasing the senior exemption to $50,000. Oakland Park also enacted the long-term residency senior exemption, which exempts city taxes for seniors who meet the age and income requirements, have lived in the home at least 25 years and whose property had a just value under $250,000 when they first applied.
How: File the sworn income statement with the Broward County Property Appraiser by March 1, 2027 and income documents by June 1, 2027.
Fire assessment exemption for low-income seniors and disabled homeownersNo fire assessment
Oakland Park exempts residential homesteaded properties from the fire assessment when the Broward County Property Appraiser shows them receiving the low-income senior exemption or the total and permanent disability exemption.
How: The exemption goes to homesteaded properties the Broward County Property Appraiser identifies as receiving one of those exemptions.
$5,000 exemptions for widowed, blind and disabled residents$5,000 off taxable value
Broward offers a $5,000 exemption for widowed persons, a $5,000 exemption for blind persons and a $5,000 exemption for totally and permanently disabled residents.
How: Apply to the Broward County Property Appraiser with the documents it lists (death certificate, Division of Blind Services certificate or physician's letter).
Veterans with a service-connected disability: exemptions$5,000 off, or an exemption on the homestead
Veterans with a service-related disability of at least 10% can get a $5,000 exemption; honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected total and permanent disability are entitled to an exemption on their homestead.
How: Apply to the Broward County Property Appraiser with a certificate from the U.S. Government or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Pay your tax bill in November for 4% off4% off the bill
Broward tax bills paid in full get 4% off in November, 3% in December, 2% in January and 1% in February. Partial payments forfeit the discounts.
How: Pay the Broward County Tax Collector in full in November.
Monthly bulk pickup and free metal and appliance collectionIncluded / free
Oakland Park collects bulk trash once a month during your scheduled service week, and offers free collection of household metal items and white goods (major appliances) the same week.
How: Place bulk curbside no earlier than Sunday and no later than 7 a.m. Monday of your collection week; keep metal items and appliances separate.
Free household hazardous waste drop-offFree
Oakland Park residents have access to a free drop-off site for household hazardous waste at the Broward County North Drop-Off Center, 2780 North Powerline Road, Pompano Beach, on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
How: Bring proof of residency.

Money dates

Nov 1in 8 daysProperty taxes become due November 1; paying in full in November takes 4% off (3% in December, 2% in January, 1% in February).
Mar 1, 2027Deadline to timely file for the 2027 homestead exemption with the Broward County Property Appraiser.
Apr 1Taxes not paid by March 31 become delinquent on April 1, when 3% interest and advertising costs are added.
Sep 20, 2027Absolute deadline to late-file for any 2027 exemption if you missed the March 1, 2027 deadline.

Who serves this house

Water: City of Oakland Park; City of Oakland Park residential water rates effective October 1, 2026: a $16.90 monthly base rate plus, per thousand gallons, $11.55 for 0 to 3,000 gallons, $12.46 for 4,000 to 6,000, $14.70 for 7,000 to 12,000 and $16.06 for 13,000 and up.
Property tax: 2.02% of value; 2026 tax year (fiscal year 2026-27), Broward County millage code 1712 (Oakland Park)
Garbage: City of Oakland Park Solid Waste; The city collects garbage twice a week from a 96-gallon cart; the residential solid waste assessment on the 2026 property tax bill is $344.00
Sewer: City of Oakland Park Utility Billing Services; Residential: $21.40 base rate a month plus $9.45 per thousand gallons, capped at 15,000 gallons (effective October 1, 2026)
Electricity: Florida Power & Light (FPL); Residential Service (RS-1): $10.52 base charge a month plus per-kWh charges (October 2026)
Gas: Utility gas; 317 of 9,930 owner-occupied homes in Oakland Park heat with utility gas; 9,021 heat with electricity (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Schools: Broward County School Board; 6.2940 mills for 2026 plus 0.1587 mills of school board debt

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Your water

Source: The City of Oakland Park utility system buys its water from the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Fluoride: Since July 1, 2025 no fluoride is added to the city water supply; small amounts of naturally occurring fluoride may remain in some areas.

Some Oakland Park neighborhoods get water and sewer directly from Broward County (North Andrews Gardens and Lakeside) or from Fort Lauderdale (Twin Lakes South). Homes there pay that utility's rates, not the City of Oakland Park rates in these totals.

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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: 20.2258 mills in total for Broward County millage code 1712 (Oakland Park), 2026 final rates; it is the only millage code for the city: Broward County 5.6628; School Board 6.2940 (split into 3.0460 required local effort and 3.2480 discretionary and capital from the Property Appraiser's proposed-millage table) plus 0.1587 school debt; Children's Services Council 0.4500; North Broward Hospital District 1.2391; Florida Inland Navigation District 0.0270; South Florida Water Management District 0.2301; City of Oakland Park 5.6799 operating plus 0.4842 voted debt.
Homestead takes $25,000 off all taxes and up to $26,411 more off non-school taxes (we apply the full $26,411). The starting value is the Property Appraiser's July 2026 median assessed value of Oakland Park single-family homes ($301,780), which reflects the Save Our Homes cap; the average is $325,160 and the median market value is $437,130.
Non-ad valorem charges on the November 2026 tax bill: the residential solid waste assessment ($344.00 per dwelling unit, shown as $28.67 a month under garbage) and the stormwater assessment ($145.00 per ERU; each residence is one ERU), both as in the Property Appraiser's final 2026 non-ad valorem recap, and the city's fire assessment. That recap does not list fire assessments, so the fire amount ($441 per residential unit) is the FY 2027 rate recommended in the City Manager's July 15, 2026 budget message; we could not find the final resolution adopted at the September 14, 2026 hearing, and the solid waste and stormwater amounts recommended in the same message match the final recap.
Water and sewer: City of Oakland Park residential rates effective October 1, 2026, billed monthly: water $16.90 plus $11.55 per thousand gallons to 3,000, $12.46 to 6,000, $14.70 to 12,000 and $16.06 above; sewer $21.40 plus $9.45 per thousand gallons, billed on up to 15,000 gallons. By the EPA water-system map and 2020 Census housing counts nearly all of the city's housing units are inside the City of Oakland Park water system's boundary, but the city says North Andrews Gardens and Lakeside are served by Broward County and Twin Lakes South by Fort Lauderdale; those homes are shown at the City rates. The Florida Department of Revenue's public service tax database lists a water entry for Oakland Park with a rate shown as "10"; the Florida Department of Revenue lists a 10% public service tax on water in Oakland Park, so 10% is added to the water charges (not sewer).
Electricity: FPL rate RS-1 effective October 2026, $10.52 a month plus 12.258¢ per kWh up to 1,000 kWh and 14.258¢ above (energy, conservation, capacity, environmental, storm protection and fuel charges less the transition credit), plus Oakland Park's 10% public service tax on electricity applied to the whole bill (Florida law exempts the fuel charge, so this slightly overstates it). FPL's franchise fee and gross receipts tax are not included. Typical use, 1,104 kWh a month, is EIA's 2024 Florida residential average. Gas is not modeled: few Oakland Park homes heat with utility gas. Insurance: Florida OIR's Broward County average homeowners premium with wind coverage ($6,136, 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 Oakland Park compares

A typical Oakland Park house against the 65 Florida cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Oakland Park	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	2.02%	1.80%	higher than 50 of the other 64 Florida cities we cover
Water	$1,316	$495	higher than 64 of the other 64 Florida cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$1,020	$851	higher than 45 of the other 63 Florida cities we cover
Trash	$344	$368	lower than 40 of the other 61 Florida cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$1,953	$1,953	higher than 20 of the other 64 Florida cities we cover
Home insurance	$6,136	$3,733	higher than 48 of the other 63 Florida cities we cover
Total	$16,589	$13,141	higher than 54 of the other 64 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. Property tax rate

The fact: Oakland Park's property tax rate is 2.02%, higher than 50 of the other 64 Florida cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Oakland Park is 2.02%, higher than 50 of the other 64 Florida 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 $1,316 a year at typical use, higher than 64 of the other 64 Florida cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $1,316 a year at typical use, higher than 64 of the other 64 Florida cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

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Common questions about Oakland Park house costs

What is the property tax rate in Oakland Park?

About 2.02% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year (fiscal year 2026-27), Broward County millage code 1712 (Oakland Park)), plus flat charges on the same bill (City of Oakland Park fire assessment, per residential unit (FY 2027 recommended rate; final resolution not found) $441, City of Oakland Park stormwater assessment, 1 ERU per residence (FY 2027) $145).

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

About $9,829 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, including $586 of flat charges.

How much is the water bill in Oakland Park?

About $195 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on City of Oakland Park.

How much does trash pickup cost in Oakland Park?

$29 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Oakland Park?

Nov 1: Property taxes become due November 1; paying in full in November takes 4% off (3% in December, 2% in January, 1% in February).

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Oakland Park?

Yes. Seniors 65+ with limited income: extra exemptions: Seniors 65 or older with a homestead exemption and 2026 household adjusted gross income of no more than $38,686 can get the low-income senior exemption, which applies to the county portion of the taxes and to city taxes in cities that adopted it. Broward County raised its amount to $50,000, and Oakland Park is listed among the cities that enacted the ordinance increasing the senior exemption to $50,000. Oakland Park also enacted the long-term residency senior exemption, which exempts city taxes for seniors who meet the age and income requirements, have lived in the home at least 25 years and whose property had a just value under $250,000 when they first applied.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Oakland Park?

Seniors 65+ with limited income: extra exemptions: Seniors 65 or older with a homestead exemption and 2026 household adjusted gross income of no more than $38,686 can get the low-income senior exemption, which applies to the county portion of the taxes and to city taxes in cities that adopted it. Broward County raised its amount to $50,000, and Oakland Park is listed among the cities that enacted the ordinance increasing the senior exemption to $50,000. Oakland Park also enacted the long-term residency senior exemption, which exempts city taxes for seniors who meet the age and income requirements, have lived in the home at least 25 years and whose property had a just value under $250,000 when they first applied. File the sworn income statement with the Broward County Property Appraiser by March 1, 2027 and income documents by June 1, 2027.

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

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