Marquette, MI · Updated Oct 2026

What a Marquette 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 Marquette house

$10,952a year · $913 a month

Starts at $137,350 of taxable value. Typical use.

A typical Marquette house pays about $11,000 a year: $5,500 property tax and charges, $2,290 water and sewer, $330 trash, $1,780 electricity and gas, $1,060 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:

Principal Residence Exemption: exempts your principal residence from local school operating millage, up to 18 mills
A principal residence exemption exempts an owner's principal residence from the local school operating millage, up to 18 mills.

Money dates

Dec 1in 39 daysWinter taxes: collection begins
Feb 28Final day to receive summer/winter tax payments before the tax roll is turned over to the County Treasurer

Who serves this house

Water: City of Marquette; City of Marquette water rates effective October 2026: a monthly fixed charge by meter size plus a charge per 1,000 gallons
Property tax: 5.80% of value; 2026 (summer rates; winter county levies are the City's estimate)
Garbage: City of Marquette; Solid waste is a fixed monthly charge on the City utility bill
Sewer: City of Marquette; Sewer is billed monthly on the City utility bill: a base rate plus a usage charge
Electricity: Marquette Board of Light & Power; The Board serves all territory in the city limits of Marquette
Gas: SEMCO Energy Gas; SEMCO Energy publishes residential gas rates billed per therm
Schools: Marquette Area Public Schools; The City millage chart lists school operating, school debt and school sinking fund levies

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Your water

Source: Your water comes from Lake Superior.
Lead: 2025 sampling period: 90th percentile lead 19 ppb against an action level of 12 ppb; the City had an action level exceedance during January 1 to June 30, 2025

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: 2026 City of Marquette millage chart; with a Principal Residence Exemption the total is 39.6187 mills (37.3077 summer plus 2.3110 estimated winter), and without it 57.6187 mills because 18 school operating mills apply. The City adds a 1% administration fee on the taxes, entered as 0.3962 mills.
Taxable value: half of the Census (ACS 2020-2024) median owner-occupied home value of $274,700, $137,350. Michigan caps taxable value after the first year of ownership, so long-time owners are usually lower. Enter your own from your bill.
Water and sewer: City rates effective October 2026: water $13.47 base plus $11.40 per 1,000 gallons; sewer $13.63 base plus $17.66 per 1,000 gallons; the City's typical bill uses 5 units (1,000 gallons each). Stormwater is charged by lot size ($10.60 up to 1/5 acre, $18.02 over 1/5 up to 1 acre, $28.64 over 1 up to 2 acres, $54.57 over 2 up to 6 acres); the $18.02 charge the City uses in its typical bill is used here, so owners of smaller lots pay less and owners of larger lots pay more.
Trash: Cart A at $27.50 a month on the utility bill (Carts B to D cost $35.35, $29.65 and $39.65; the sheet does not give their sizes).
Electricity: Marquette Board of Light & Power residential rate, $17.00 plus 12.6 cents per kWh. Typical use 508 kWh a month from EIA 2024 (91,673 MWh over 15,036 residential customers). Gas: SEMCO Energy September 2026 residential rate, $0.374 cost of gas + $0.101 balance and demand + $0.28 billed distribution + $0.0041 per therm, plus $12.25, $1.70 and $1.56 monthly; typical use is the EIA Michigan residential average. Insurance: 2022 NAIC statewide average for Michigan, the latest year the Insurance Information Institute publishes; it is a statewide figure for 2022, not a Marquette or current-year quote. The electric rate is the one on the Board's page, in effect for bills issued after October 1, 2020; no later change was found. SEMCO's page does not state the billing unit of the three fixed items; they are treated as monthly.
Typical bill: the City's typical-bill example uses Cart A, 5 units and the $18.02 stormwater charge. Long-time owners usually have lower taxable values than the starting figure because taxable value is capped after year one. Form 2368 is the Michigan PRE affidavit. SEMCO Energy is the gas utility assumed for Marquette; the electric rate has no later change found.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Marquette compares

A typical Marquette house against the 320 cities we cover nationwide, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Marquette	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	5.80%	1.23%	higher than 310 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide
Water	$846	$654	higher than 217 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$1,439	$735	higher than 275 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide
Trash	$330	$379	lower than 166 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide
Electricity and gas	$1,784	$2,743	lower than 296 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide
Home insurance	$1,056	$1,492	lower than 279 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide
Total	$10,952	$11,671	lower than 191 of the other 319 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: Marquette's property tax rate is 5.80%, higher than 310 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Marquette is 5.80%, higher than 310 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"

2. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $1,439 a year, higher than 275 of the other 284 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 $1,439 a year, higher than 275 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $1,784 a year, lower than 296 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $1,784 a year for a typical house, lower than 296 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"

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Common questions about Marquette house costs

What is the property tax rate in Marquette?

About 4.00% of taxable value a year for an owner's principal residence, or 5.80% without the Principal Residence Exemption (2026 (summer rates; winter county levies are the City's estimate)).

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

A house bought for $500,000 starts at about $250,000 of taxable value (50% of its value), so about $10,004 a year with the principal residence exemption. After that, taxable value rises by inflation or 5%, whichever is lower, until the house sells again.

How much is the water bill in Marquette?

About $190 a month for water and sewer at typical use (5,000 gallons a month) on City of Marquette.

How much does trash pickup cost in Marquette?

$28 a month for a house.

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

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