What a Dayton 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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Starts at the typical market value, $503,400; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$5,669
1.362% of $503,400, less $1,244 homestead market value exclusion and less $500,000 the 1.25% class rate applies only to market value above $500,000
- Electricity and gas$2,034
587.82 kWh a month $1,198 · 61.79 therms $836
- Water and sewer$1,029
7,000 gallons a month on City of Dayton: water $37, sewer $49 a month
- TrashNot included
The City lists garbage haulers; no hauler price is included here. The City pays for recycling out of property taxes.
- Home insurance$1,774
Typical premium $1,774
A Dayton house at the typical market value ($503,400) pays about $10,500 a year: $5,670 property tax and charges, $1,030 water and sewer, $2,030 electricity and gas, $1,770 home insurance; trash is billed separately. 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:
Apply for homestead by December 31
Homestead status can save you money on your property taxes. The homestead market value exclusion is 40% of value for homesteads valued at $95,000 or less (a maximum of $38,000), is reduced as values rise, and phases out at $517,200 or more.
How: Apply with Hennepin County: you must own, occupy and apply by December 31.
Free cardboard recycling drop-off
The City provides a cardboard recycling container for residents at the former Public Works building, 16471 South Diamond Lake Rd; the service is free and available exclusively to Dayton residents.
How: The container is at 16471 South Diamond Lake Rd.
Card payments on the utility bill carry fees
Transaction fees apply to credit and debit card payments: 2.95% with a minimum fee of $1.95. The City says to use check or ACH payment from a bank account to avoid fees.
How: Pay by check or ACH from your bank account.
Claim the Minnesota property tax refund
Minnesota homeowners may get a Property Tax Refund based on income and property taxes.
How: File Form M1PR with the Minnesota Department of Revenue by August 15 (late filing allowed up to one year).
Veterans with a disability: $150,000 or $300,000 market value exclusion$150,000 or $300,000 market value exclusion
Honorably discharged veterans with a 70–99% service-connected disability can get a $150,000 market value exclusion; a veteran with a 100% and permanent service-connected disability can get $300,000.
How: Your property must be classified as homestead; apply with Hennepin County by December 31.
LIHEAP households: CenterPoint Gas Affordability Program
Residential customers who receive LIHEAP energy assistance and agree to a levelized payment plan and a payment schedule can get an affordability bill credit and arrearage forgiveness.
How: The program is available to residential customers qualified for and receiving LIHEAP assistance.
Paid property tax late? Ask for a penalty abatement
Hennepin County lets owners request an abatement of the late-payment penalty once every ten years, for current-year taxes.
How: Pay the tax in full, then apply by June 30 (first half) or November 30 (second half).
Money dates
- Nov 30in 38 daysPenalty abatement application due for late second-half property taxes (current-year taxes only)
- Dec 31in 69 daysOwn, occupy and apply for homestead with Hennepin County
- May 15First half of Hennepin County property tax due
- Aug 15Minnesota property tax refund (Form M1PR) due; you may still file up to one year late
Who serves this house
- Water
- City of Dayton
- City of Dayton 2026 fee schedule, water rates billed bi-monthly
- Property tax
- 1.36% of value
- 2026 taxes payable, Hennepin County (Dayton, Anoka-Hennepin schools ISD 11)
- Garbage
- Haulers listed by the City
- The City's resident guide lists Ace Solid Waste, Curbside Waste, Republic Services and Waste Management as garbage providers, and says the City pays for recycling out of property taxes
- Sewer
- City of Dayton
- Billed bi-monthly with water; sewer usage is capped for the rest of the year at the first billing cycle's use
- Electricity
- Xcel Energy or Connexus Energy
- The City lists Connexus Energy and Xcel Energy as electric providers, and Xcel's list of Minnesota communities includes Dayton (electricity only)
- Gas
- CenterPoint Energy
- The City says CenterPoint Energy is the gas provider for the City of Dayton
- Schools
- Anoka-Hennepin School District (ISD 11)
- Hennepin County's 2026 assessment counts 3,039 Dayton single-family residential parcels in the Anoka-Hennepin school district
Your water
- Treatment
- The Wellhead Water Treatment Plant removes iron and manganese that are present at elevated levels in the water drawn from the aquifer that supplies northeast Dayton
- Wells
- Two high-capacity wells produce up to 2,000 gallons of water per minute and supply the treatment plant, which has a maximum capacity of 2.5 million gallons per day
- Plant
- The City announced the new Wellhead Water Treatment Plant is fully online
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How these numbers are made
- Water: City of Dayton 2026 fee schedule (bi-monthly billing): $17.78 water availability fee for a 5/8 or 3/4 inch meter (monthly $8.89), then $3.88 per 1,000 gallons to 6,000 gallons, $4.28 to 10,000, $4.69 to 33,000 and $5.14 above (per bi-monthly period; the page halves the breakpoints to monthly: 3, 5 and 16.5 thousand gallons). The City publishes no typical household use, so the page starts at 9 CCF.
- Sewer: $24.06 base plus the $2.54 MN Connect fee (bi-monthly, so $13.30 a month) and $5.24 per 1,000 gallons. Dayton caps each year's sewer usage at the first (March) billing cycle's use (6,000 gallons if there is none); the page charges sewer on the water use entered, so enter your winter use to check it. Dayton's fee schedule lists no stormwater or street-light fee on the utility bill, so none is added.
- Garbage: Dayton does not publish a trash price; the City lists four garbage providers, so the page adds $0 for garbage. Recycling is paid from property taxes.
- Property tax: Hennepin County's final 2026 rates for Dayton tax area 56/011 (Anoka-Hennepin ISD 11), the larger of Dayton's Hennepin tax areas (21.7M of 29.9M total value; the Osseo ISD 279 and Elk River ISD 728 parts pay higher school rates). Total 94.239% of tax capacity plus 0.18441% of market value for ISD 11 referendums. The homestead market value exclusion comes off the tax-capacity parts; a further 0.25% x 94.239% applies above $500,000. Part of Dayton lies in Wright County and is not modelled.
- Electricity and gas: Xcel Energy figures as in neighboring Hennepin cities (2024 tariff $6.00 basic charge, which Xcel proposed to raise for 2026 and which may have changed; 15.96 cents per kWh from the 2024 EIA Xcel Minnesota residential average); Connexus Energy also serves part of Dayton and we did not determine which serves more homes, and the 2026 tariffs of both were not confirmed, so the total may be somewhat off. Xcel's franchise-fee table has no Dayton line. CenterPoint's franchise-fee table lists $4.00 for Dayton residential meters; the table does not state the period, so it is not added. Gas per therm is the delivery charge, cost of gas and riders. Insurance: the 2022 NAIC statewide average premium for Minnesota (HO-3). The 2022 premium is the latest figure on that source and real premiums have likely moved since; the page's total excludes trash.
- CenterPoint's cost of gas is adjusted periodically, so the current figure may differ from the tariff.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- Minnesota Department of Revenue: Module 3, Classification of Property
- Minnesota Department of Revenue: Homestead Market Value Exclusion
- Hennepin County: Property taxes overview
- Xcel Energy Minnesota Residential Electrical Prices (effective January 1, 2024)
- EIA: 2024 utility bundled retail sales, residential (Table 6)
- Xcel Energy: Minnesota communities served
- Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Company, Minnesota) Electric Rate Book, Section 4: Technical Terms and Conditions
- CenterPoint Energy 2026 Minnesota Rates, Rights and Tariff Book
- EIA: Minnesota natural gas consumption by end use
- EIA: Minnesota natural gas consumers
- Insurance Information Institute: Facts + Statistics, Homeowners and renters insurance (NAIC data)
- Minnesota Department of Revenue: Property Tax Refund
- Minnesota Department of Revenue: Filing for a Property Tax Refund
- Hennepin County: Pay property taxes
- Hennepin County: Delinquent property taxes
- Hennepin County: Homestead
- Hennepin County: Final 2026 Property Tax Rate Breakdown
- Hennepin County: 2026 Final Tax Rate Cards
- Hennepin County: 2026 Assessment Report
- Hennepin County: 2026 tax capacity values by unique taxing area
- City of Dayton: Utility billing
- City of Dayton: 2026 Fee Schedule (updated 8.25.26)
- City of Dayton: Water department
- City of Dayton: Resident guide (garbage and recycling)
- City of Dayton: Utility providers
Common questions about Dayton house costs
What is the property tax rate in Dayton?
About 1.36% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 taxes payable, Hennepin County (Dayton, Anoka-Hennepin schools ISD 11)), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Dayton?
About $5,619 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homestead market value exclusion.
How much is the water bill in Dayton?
About $86 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on City of Dayton.
How much does trash pickup cost in Dayton?
The City lists garbage haulers; no hauler price is included here. The City pays for recycling out of property taxes.
When is property tax due in Dayton?
Nov 30: Penalty abatement application due for late second-half property taxes (current-year taxes only) May 15: First half of Hennepin County property tax due Aug 15: Minnesota property tax refund (Form M1PR) due; you may still file up to one year late
Where can I get help paying utility bills in Dayton?
LIHEAP households: CenterPoint Gas Affordability Program: Residential customers who receive LIHEAP energy assistance and agree to a levelized payment plan and a payment schedule can get an affordability bill credit and arrearage forgiveness. The program is available to residential customers qualified for and receiving LIHEAP assistance.
How much does a house in Dayton cost to run each year?
A Dayton house at the typical market value ($503,400) pays about $10,500 a year: $5,670 property tax and charges, $1,030 water and sewer, $2,030 electricity and gas, $1,770 home insurance; trash is billed separately. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.