What a Brentwood 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, $56,943; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$3,148
5.528% of $56,943
- Electricity and gas$2,205
1011 kWh a month $1,527 · 31 therms $678
- Water and sewer$2,076
6,000 gallons a month on Missouri American Water (St. Louis County): water $80, sewer $93 a month
- TrashIncluded
The basic service is offered at no charge to residents
- Home insurance$1,872
Typical premium $1,872
A Brentwood house at the typical market value ($56,943) costs about $9,300 a year: $3,150 property tax and charges, $2,080 water and sewer, $2,210 electricity and gas, $1,870 home insurance; trash is paid through property tax. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Rates checked Oct 31, 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:
Sewer lateral repair program
Repairs up to $4,250 will be paid by City of Brentwood; property owner pays for repairs exceeding $4,250.
How: Contact Brentwood Public Works and complete the Sewer Lateral Repair Program application.
Money dates
- Dec 31: Real estate taxes duein 56 daysProperty taxes must be paid or postmarked by December 31 of the year for which they are billed.
Who serves this house
- Water
- Missouri American Water (St. Louis County)
- The Rate W Water & Sewer Infrastructure Replacement Surcharge (WSIRA) is effective Aug. 15, 2026.
- Property tax
- 5.53% of value
- 2025 tax year, St. Louis County
- Garbage
- City of Brentwood Sanitation Department
- Trash, yard waste and recycling for single-family homes.
- Sewer
- Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
- MSD bills a base charge plus a volume charge.
- Electricity
- Ameren Missouri
- Listed on the City of Brentwood utility contacts page.
- Gas
- Spire
- Listed on the City of Brentwood utility contacts page.
- Schools
- Brentwood School District
- Operating Funds-Schools residential rate for 2025 is 2.9208.
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax: 2025 State Auditor residential levies per $100: City of Brentwood 0.249 (pension; the general levy is 0), Brentwood Public Library 0.396, Brentwood School District 2.9208, plus the St. Louis County, State, community college, Special School District, zoo-museum and MSD levies shared across the county. Applied to 19% of the Census median home value ($299,700).
- Brentwood has its own library district, police and fire, so the county library and fire district levies are not included. No flat charges were found on the Brentwood tax bill; the sewer lateral program is described by the city without a fee.
- Water: Missouri American Water Rate A for St. Louis County ($11.00 per month, $10.3749 per 1,000 gallons) plus the $0.75071 per 1,000 gallons surcharge effective Aug. 15, 2026, plus the $1.00 per month St. Louis County service line charge. Sewer: MSD base charge $34.85 per month plus $7.15 per CCF of winter-quarter water use.
- Trash: no fee; the city says basic service is at no charge. Electricity: Ameren Missouri Schedule 1(M) with a 4/12 summer and 8/12 winter weighted energy rate; the temporary fuel adjustment is not included. Gas: Spire Missouri St. Louis County rates, delivery averaged over winter and summer plus the purchased-gas line.
- No Brentwood per-bill utility tax rate was found, so none is added. Insurance: $1,872 is the 2023 Missouri statewide average premium from the Department of Commerce & Insurance.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- Water tariff
- Water surcharge tariff
- MSD rates
- Spire rates
- Ameren rate 1(M)
- MO DCI 2023 Homeowners Insurance Report
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- Missouri STC definitions
- Missouri American Water rates
- St. Louis County delinquent tax page
- State Auditor: Brentwood city, library, school district
- City trash and recycling
- City utility contacts
- Sewer lateral repair program
- Census QuickFacts Brentwood
Common questions about Brentwood house costs
What is the property tax rate in Brentwood?
About 5.53% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, St. Louis County), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Brentwood?
About $27,638 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in Brentwood?
About $173 a month for water and sewer at typical use (6,000 gallons a month) on Missouri American Water (St. Louis County).
How much does trash pickup cost in Brentwood?
The basic service is offered at no charge to residents
How much does a house in Brentwood cost to run each year?
A Brentwood house at the typical market value ($56,943) costs about $9,300 a year: $3,150 property tax and charges, $2,080 water and sewer, $2,210 electricity and gas, $1,870 home insurance; trash is paid through property tax. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.