What a Norcross 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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Starts at the typical market value, $403,400; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$6,107
1.514% of $403,400
- Electricity$1,756
1074 kWh a month $1,756
- Water and sewer$1,409
7,000 gallons a month on Gwinnett County Water Resources: water $46, sewer $71 a month
- Trash$370
Residential service (1 trash and 1 recycling cart, weekly), owners under 62, $31 a month
- Home insurance$1,655
Typical premium $1,655
A Norcross house at the typical market value ($403,400) costs about $11,300 a year: $6,110 property tax and charges, $1,410 water and sewer, $370 trash, $1,760 electricity, $1,660 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Rates checked Oct 28, 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 62+: half-price trash fee$185 a year
Owners residing at the address who are 62 and older pay $15.43 a month for trash and recycling instead of $30.86; the discount is applied automatically to owners with a Gwinnett County senior homestead exemption.
How: Apply for the senior homestead exemption with the Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner by April 1.
Over 62: larger city homestead exemption
The City's standard homestead exemption is $9,000 of assessed value; for those over 62 it is $18,000.
How: The Norcross Homestead Exemption Value is shown in Section C of the Gwinnett County Annual Notice of Assessment.
Money dates
- Nov 15in 11 daysThe 2026 property tax bills are due November 15.
- After Nov 15, 2026in 11 daysIf a Gwinnett County bill is late, 0.81% interest is added each month the balance remains.
- Every Apr 1The application deadline is April 1st each year; see Gwinnett County for details.
Who serves this house
- Water
- Gwinnett County Water Resources
- Gwinnett County Water Resources residential accounts, monthly charges and fees, rate schedule dated January 2026.
- Property tax
- 1.51% of value
- 2026 tax year: Gwinnett County, Gwinnett County Public Schools and City of Norcross
- Garbage
- Waste Management
- The City contracts with Waste Management for residential collection.
- Electricity
- City of Norcross
- The City of Norcross provides electric service for its customers, depending on the service address.
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax: Georgia taxes 40% of appraised value. The Norcross row of Gwinnett County's 2026 millage chart is 6.95 county, 1 recreation, 3.2 fire/EMS and 0.3 economic development mills (11.45) plus 18.7 school and 1.45 school bond mills (20.15); the City of Norcross adopted 6.249 mills for 2026 and bills them separately. Rates are entered as mills x 0.4 because they apply to 40% of value.
- The starting value is the Census median value of owner-occupied housing units (market value). Gwinnett County's and the schools' floating homestead exemptions are not modeled, so homesteaded owners usually pay less. The City of Norcross standard homestead exemption ($9,000 of assessed value, $18,000 for owners over 62) is not modeled either.
- Trash: the 2026-2027 City rate of $370.32 a year for owners under 62 is charged with property taxes and shown as $30.86 a month; it is not added to tax.fixed to avoid counting it twice. The cart size is not stated in the rate schedule.
- Water and sewer use Gwinnett County Water Resources' January 2026 schedule for a 3/4-inch meter. The County has not published a typical household use, so the page starts at its default. The City's annual stormwater fee ($2.17 per 100 square feet of impervious area, per the City's FAQ) depends on the home and is not included.
- Electricity: the City's Norcross Power rate schedule was not found online, so the model is fitted to the Georgia PSC residential rate survey (Norcross Power charges at 1,000 and 1,500 kWh): summer 2026 for four months and winter 2025 for eight (winter 2026 was not published), at EIA's 1,074 kWh Georgia average. Parts of Norcross are served by Georgia Power instead, depending on the service address. Natural gas (Gas South partnership, Atlanta Gas Light) is not modeled. Insurance is the 2022 Georgia average.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- Gwinnett 2026 millage rates
- Gwinnett tax due dates
- Norcross sanitation
- Norcross 2026-27 solid waste rates
- Norcross council recap Aug 2026
- Norcross homestead memo
- Gwinnett DWR rates Jan 2026
- Norcross customer service
- Norcross Power
- GA PSC rate survey summer 2026 1000 kWh
- GA PSC rate survey summer 2026 1500 kWh
- GA PSC rate survey winter 2025 1000 kWh
- GA PSC rate survey winter 2025 1500 kWh
- Census QuickFacts Norcross
- EIA 2024 table 5A
- Triple-I premiums
- Gwinnett purchase of Norcross water system
How Norcross compares
A typical Norcross house against the 1000 cities we cover nationwide, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | Norcross | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 1.51% | 1.36% | higher than 551 of the other 982 cities we cover nationwide |
| Water | $557 | $681 | lower than 645 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $852 | $692 | higher than 612 of the other 882 cities we cover nationwide |
| Trash | $370 | $336 | higher than 488 of the other 819 cities we cover nationwide |
| Electricity and gas | $1,756 | $2,439 | lower than 919 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
| Home insurance | $1,655 | $1,492 | higher than 502 of the other 766 cities we cover nationwide |
| Total | $11,297 | $10,827 | higher than 539 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
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. Electricity and gas
The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $1,756 a year, lower than 919 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.
Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $1,756 a year for a typical house, lower than 919 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"
Common questions about Norcross house costs
What is the property tax rate in Norcross?
About 1.51% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year: Gwinnett County, Gwinnett County Public Schools and City of Norcross), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Norcross?
About $7,570 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in Norcross?
About $117 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on Gwinnett County Water Resources.
How much does trash pickup cost in Norcross?
$31 a month for a house.
When is property tax due in Norcross?
Nov 15: The 2026 property tax bills are due November 15.
Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Norcross?
Yes. Seniors 62+: half-price trash fee ($185 a year): Owners residing at the address who are 62 and older pay $15.43 a month for trash and recycling instead of $30.86; the discount is applied automatically to owners with a Gwinnett County senior homestead exemption.
How much does a house in Norcross cost to run each year?
A Norcross house at the typical market value ($403,400) costs about $11,300 a year: $6,110 property tax and charges, $1,410 water and sewer, $370 trash, $1,760 electricity, $1,660 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.