Sikeston, MO · Updated Oct 2026

What a Sikeston 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 Sikeston house

$4,629a year · $386 a month

Starts at $32,072 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$1,809
5.641% of $32,072
Electricity$1,249
1001 kWh a month $1,249
Water and sewer$1,188
7,000 gallons a month on Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities: water $46, sewer $53 a month
Trash$383
96 gallon toter (one per home), $32 a month
Home insuranceNot included
We don't have a typical premium for this city yet. Add yours with Adjust.

A typical Sikeston house costs about $4,600 a year: $1,810 property tax and charges, $1,190 water and sewer, $380 trash, $1,250 electricity; home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). 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:

Who serves this house

Water: Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities; Customer charge for a ¾-inch meter, plus $5.15 per thousand gallons (first 4,000,000 gallons).
Property tax: 5.64% of value; 2026 tax year, Scott County (Sikeston R-6 School District, City of Sikeston)
Garbage: Sonny's Solid Waste; Contracted by the City of Sikeston for residential collection.
Sewer: Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities (BMU); Customer charge plus a volume charge per thousand gallons.
Electricity: Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities (BMU); Residential rate 1-71.

Pay or manage your bills

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How these numbers are made

Electric: BMU Residential 1-71 rate sheet (customer charge $19.00 per month, 0.08503 per kWh); the sheet is a scanned image dated 2020, and BMU's 2025 electric ordinance 6377 reclassified other rate classes. Typical use is the EIA Missouri residential average.
Water and sewer: rates in the May 2025 council packet for ordinances 6374 and 6375 as effective June 1, 2026; ¾-inch meter customer charges ($10.95 water, $6.05 sewer), $5.15 per thousand gallons water and $7.03 per thousand gallons sewer. Water use is the page default.
Trash: Sonny's Solid Waste contract exhibit, July 31, 2026 to July 30, 2027 total $31.88 (contractor $30.38 plus city service fee $1.50); fuel and other surcharges may apply.
Property tax: Scott County Collector 2026 rate sheet row for the Sikeston R-6 school district area (total 4.8325 plus city 0.8082 per $100 assessed value). The county line is the sum of road, Johnson grass, health, sheltered workshop and ambulance levies. The sheet notes a $3.00 vehicle fee, which is not a house charge. Parts of Sikeston lie in New Madrid County and are not modelled.
Natural gas and home insurance are not modelled.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Sikeston compares

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

Per year	Sikeston	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	5.64%	5.64%	in the middle of 42 other Missouri cities we cover
Water	$547	$680	lower than 31 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$641	$805	lower than 31 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Trash	$383	$261	higher than 27 of the other 31 Missouri cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$1,249	$2,357	lower than 42 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover
Total	$4,629	$8,070	lower than 42 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. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $383 a year for the standard cart, higher than 27 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 $383 a year for the standard cart, higher than 27 of the other 31 Missouri cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

2. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $1,249 a year, lower than 42 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $1,249 a year for a typical house, lower than 42 of the other 42 Missouri cities we cover. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"

Common questions about Sikeston house costs

What is the property tax rate in Sikeston?

About 5.64% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year, Scott County (Sikeston R-6 School District, City of Sikeston)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $28,204 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Sikeston?

About $99 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities.

How much does trash pickup cost in Sikeston?

$32 a month for a house.

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

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