Festus, MO · Updated Oct 2026

What a Festus 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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Example · a Festus house

$8,287a year · $691 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $42,484; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$2,497
5.878% of $42,484
Electricity and gas$2,270
1011 kWh a month $1,581 · 31 therms $689
Water and sewer$1,648
7,000 gallons a month on City of Festus: water $95, sewer $43 a month
Trash$194
Trash service (city rate), $16 a month
Home insurance$1,678
Typical premium $1,678

A Festus house at the typical market value ($42,484) costs about $8,300 a year: $2,500 property tax and charges, $1,650 water and sewer, $190 trash, $2,270 electricity and gas, $1,680 home insurance. 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:

Free bulk item pickup
Residents are allowed two free bulk items at each pickup (under 50 pounds, no appliances).
How: Contact Waste Connections within 48 hours.
Free bank debit for utility bills
The city offers monthly bank debit of the utility bill for free through an ACH form.
How: Return the ACH Authorization Form to Public Works.

Who serves this house

Water: City of Festus; Water $14.05 per 1,000 gallons on the city's Utility Billing page.
Property tax: 5.88% of value; 2025 tax year, Jefferson County (Festus R-6 school district, city of Festus)
Garbage: Waste Connections; The city's trash page names Waste Connections as its recycling hauler; trash and water are billed together by the city.
Sewer: Jefferson County Public Sewer District; The district's 2026 rate notice lists a residential rate for the City of Festus.
Electricity: Ameren Missouri; Ameren Missouri is the electric utility listed on the city's utilities page.
Gas: Spire; Spire is the natural gas utility listed on the city's utilities page.

Pay or manage your bills

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: Jefferson County 2025 levy list (State Auditor approved, per $100) for Festus R-6 school district and the City of Festus: state, county parks, health, mental health, developmental disability, sheriff, road and bridge, Festus Special Road, Jefferson College, city, Festus R-6; applied to 19% of the Census median home value. The county surtax (0.2400, real property) is left out as in other Jefferson County cities. The city's fire, health, library and parks levies are inside the city rate; the county library district listing does not name Festus R-6. Whether Festus Special Road and Road & Bridge both fall on every in-city parcel could not be confirmed from the levy list.
Water: the city's Utility Billing page lists water at $14.05 per 1,000 gallons; no separate monthly base charge is published there. No typical use is published, so the page default applies.
Sewer: Jefferson County Public Sewer District rate adopted May 2026: $7.52 base fee (5/8 or 3/4 inch meter) plus $5.23 per 1,000 gallons of water used.
Electricity and gas: Ameren Missouri 1(M) (summer 15.60 cents; winter 10.62/7.14 cents, year-weighted, plus the $0.19 pilot charge and the 0.445 cent fuel adjustment in the cited rider sheet) and Spire East (customer charge plus $2.11 ISRS; delivery year-averaged plus the 2025-11 purchased gas adjustment, converted from Ccf to therms). Energy-efficiency and renewable riders are not included. No Festus utility tax on energy was found.
Trash: the city lists $15.17 plus a $1 administrative fee (total $16.17); the page does not state a cart size, so none is shown.
Festus Utilities page now shows $14.47/kgal under the Jefferson County Water Authority bullet (wholesale line); billing-page $14.05 used. No base charge published on pages checked.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Festus compares

A typical Festus house against the 43 Missouri cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Festus	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	5.88%	5.64%	higher than 26 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Water	$1,135	$680	higher than 40 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$513	$805	lower than 35 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Trash	$194	$261	lower than 26 of the other 31 Missouri cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$2,270	$2,357	lower than 27 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Home insurance	$1,678	$1,872	lower than 16 of the other 26 Missouri cities we cover
Total	$8,287	$8,070	higher than 25 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover

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. Water

The fact: Water here costs about $1,135 a year at typical use, higher than 40 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $1,135 a year at typical use, higher than 40 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $513 a year, lower than 35 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover. 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 $513 a year, lower than 35 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $194 a year for the standard cart, lower than 26 of the other 31 Missouri cities we cover. Where trash is billed through the tax bill or a separate hauler, it is not counted here.

Ask: "Trash pickup here costs about $194 a year for the standard cart, lower than 26 of the other 31 Missouri cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

Common questions about Festus house costs

What is the property tax rate in Festus?

About 5.88% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, Jefferson County (Festus R-6 school district, city of Festus)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $29,388 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Festus?

About $137 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on City of Festus.

How much does trash pickup cost in Festus?

$16 a month for a house.

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

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