What a Alexandria 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, $183,700; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$1,169
0.906% of $183,700, less $75,000 homestead exemption
- Electricity and gas$1,895
1188.2 kWh a month $1,583 · 29.54 therms $312
- Water and sewer$572
9 units (CCF) a month on City of Alexandria water: water $21, sewer $27 a month
- Trash$252
Residential sanitation (regular), $21 a month
- Home insurance$2,603
Typical premium $2,603
A Alexandria house at the typical market value ($183,700) costs about $6,500 a year: $1,170 property tax and charges, $570 water and sewer, $250 trash, $1,900 electricity and gas, $2,600 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:
City sanitation: listed rate for ages over 65 and handicapped$10.50 a month
The city sanitation schedule lists a residential rate of $10.50 a month for over 65 and handicapped, against $21.00 regular.
Seniors, disabled veterans, surviving spouses: freeze your assessed valueValue frozen
A constitutional amendment freezes the assessed value of the homestead-exempted property of senior citizens, disabled veterans and certain surviving spouses. It does not freeze the millage rate.
How: File one signed application with the Rapides Parish Assessor.
100% service-disabled veterans: extra $7,500 of assessed value exemptExtra $7,500 assessed value
The next $7,500 of assessed value on a homestead owned and occupied by a veteran with a 100% service-connected disability rating is exempt from ad valorem taxation.
How: Apply in person at the Rapides Parish Assessor's office.
Money dates
- Dec 31in 57 daysAll ad valorem taxes for the Parish are due by December 31 of the current year.
- Separate city billThe City of Alexandria sends its own city tax bills and collects city taxes.
Who serves this house
- Water
- City of Alexandria water
- Monthly residential rates inside city limits: $4.79 for a 1-inch or smaller meter, then per Ccf, plus a water infrastructure renewal assessment of $0.06673 per Ccf.
- Property tax
- 0.91% of value
- 2025 tax year (Rapides Parish millage sheet, parish-wide levies and city)
- Garbage
- Alexandria Utility Systems
- Sanitation is among the services provided by Alexandria Utility Systems.
- Sewer
- City of Alexandria Utilities
- Customers served by Alexandria Utility Systems include wastewater.
- Electricity
- City of Alexandria Utilities
- Customers served by Alexandria Utility Systems include electric.
- Gas
- City of Alexandria Utilities
- Customers served by Alexandria Utility Systems include gas.
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax: Louisiana assesses homes at 10% of market value, so each mill is 0.01% of market value. Rates are the Rapides Assessor's 2025 sheet: parish schools 26.57 mills, nine parish-wide levies totaling 39.52 mills, and the City of Alexandria 24.54 mills (90.63 mills together). Gravity drainage, special school bond districts, road and fire districts depend on ward and address; the Assessor sheet does not say which cover Alexandria addresses, so they are not included and bills may be higher.
- The homestead exemption ($7,500 of assessed value, $75,000 of market value) applies to the parish levies and not to the city levy.
- Water and sewer: the city rate schedule (PDF dated October 2024; it says its last agreed increase took effect March 1, 2018) for inside city limits, with the infrastructure renewal assessment added per Ccf. The second water tier is applied above 20 Ccf; the schedule lists a tier for the next 6,000 cubic feet and does not state a higher tier.
- Electricity and gas: electricity uses the all-in 2024 EIA average residential price for the City of Alexandria electric system (the city's fuel adjustment is not published; the average is a price per kWh with the customer charge folded in). Gas uses the city's residential tariff (customer charge, volume tiers and renewal assessment, per 10 therms per Mcf) plus a modelled purchased-gas adjustment of 1.075 times the 2025 Louisiana EIA citygate price; the city's actual current gas cost and annual adjustment are not published, so the gas bill is an estimate.
- Garbage: the $21.00 regular monthly sanitation rate; the schedule does not state cart size or what is collected.
- Insurance: the latest NAIC figure available to us is for 2022, and Louisiana premiums have risen since, so this figure is likely understated.
- Gas first tier read as 20,000 cu. ft. (tariff prints 20,0000; second tier is 30,000).
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- City of Alexandria utility rates (Oct 2024)
- Rapides Assessor 2025 millages
- Rapides Assessor FAQ
- Louisiana assessment ratio law
- Census QuickFacts, Alexandria
- EIA 2024 residential sales by utility
- EIA Louisiana natural gas prices
- EIA price definitions
- EIA Louisiana residential gas use
- EIA Louisiana gas customers
- Triple-I homeowners premiums
How Alexandria compares
A typical Alexandria house against the 1000 cities we cover nationwide, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | Alexandria | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 0.91% | 1.36% | lower than 902 of the other 982 cities we cover nationwide |
| Water | $248 | $681 | lower than 982 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $324 | $692 | lower than 781 of the other 882 cities we cover nationwide |
| Trash | $252 | $336 | lower than 592 of the other 819 cities we cover nationwide |
| Electricity and gas | $1,895 | $2,439 | lower than 837 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
| Home insurance | $2,603 | $1,492 | higher than 686 of the other 766 cities we cover nationwide |
| Total | $6,491 | $10,827 | lower than 930 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. Property tax rate
The fact: Alexandria's property tax rate is 0.91%, lower than 902 of the other 982 cities we cover nationwide. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.
Ask: "Property tax in Alexandria is 0.91%, lower than 902 of the other 982 cities we cover nationwide. 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 $248 a year at typical use, lower than 982 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide.
Ask: "Water here costs about $248 a year at typical use, lower than 982 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
3. Sewer and utility-bill fees
The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $324 a year, lower than 781 of the other 882 cities we cover nationwide. 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 $324 a year, lower than 781 of the other 882 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
4. Electricity and gas
The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $1,895 a year, lower than 837 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 $1,895 a year for a typical house, lower than 837 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 Alexandria house costs
What is the property tax rate in Alexandria?
About 0.91% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year (Rapides Parish millage sheet, parish-wide levies and city)), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Alexandria?
About $4,036 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homestead exemption.
How much is the water bill in Alexandria?
About $48 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on City of Alexandria water.
How much does trash pickup cost in Alexandria?
$21 a month for a house.
Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Alexandria?
Yes. City sanitation: listed rate for ages over 65 and handicapped: The city sanitation schedule lists a residential rate of $10.50 a month for over 65 and handicapped, against $21.00 regular.
How much does a house in Alexandria cost to run each year?
A Alexandria house at the typical market value ($183,700) costs about $6,500 a year: $1,170 property tax and charges, $570 water and sewer, $250 trash, $1,900 electricity and gas, $2,600 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.