Trenton, MO · Updated Oct 2026

What a Trenton 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 Trenton house

$5,435a year · $453 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $99,500; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$1,252
1.258% of $99,500
Electricity and gas$2,023
1001 kWh a month $1,531 · 31 therms $343 · 3% sales tax and 5% PILOT (city franchise fee) on residential electric inside city limits $150
Water and sewer$1,905
9 units (CCF) a month on Trenton Municipal Utilities: water $77, sewer $82 a month
Trash$255
Residential weekly pickup, $21 a month
Home insuranceNot included
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A Trenton house at the typical market value ($99,500) costs about $5,400 a year: $1,250 property tax and charges, $1,910 water and sewer, $250 trash, $2,020 electricity and gas; 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:

The sewer rates do not include the Missouri DNR sewer connect fees, which DNR assesses annually and are charged as a separate line item on the utility bill.Separate line item

Money dates

Utility bills due the 18th of the following monthMeters are read as close to the 1st of the month as possible, bills are billed out around the 28th of the month with bills due the 18th of the following month.

Who serves this house

Water: Trenton Municipal Utilities; Inside city limits, 5/8" meter: monthly base charge of $17.65 plus $6.55 per 100 cubic feet for the first 1,000 cubic feet; rates effective May 1, 2026.
Property tax: 1.26% of value; 2026 tax year, Grundy County
Garbage: Rapid Removal Disposal; Under a city contract; Trenton Municipal Utilities bills residential trash.
Sewer: Trenton Municipal Utilities; Monthly minimum charge plus a charge per 100 cubic feet of water.
Electricity: Trenton Municipal Utilities; The City owns and operates its own municipal electric utility.
Gas: Liberty Utilities (Empire District Gas); Trenton is listed among communities served on its North System.

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Your water

Source: Surface water: the Thompson River and two raw water upper storage reservoirs.
Lead: 2025 lead 90th percentile: 3.76 ppb, 0 sites over the action level of 15 ppb.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: City levies $0.9722 and $0.1837 per $100, Grundy County levies and Trenton R-IX operating $3.5811 plus debt service $0.9000 per $100 from the State Auditor's 2025 Property Tax Rates report, each times the 19% assessed ratio (the listed part rates already include it), applied to the Census median market value. Fire protection, community college and blind-pension levies are not included because the sources do not show they apply to every house inside city limits.
Water inside city limits May 1, 2026: $17.65 for a 5/8-inch meter plus $6.55/$5.71/$4.63/$3.78 per 100 cubic feet in five steps (the last, over 1,000,000 cubic feet, is $3.41). Sewer $45.00 plus $4.13 per 100 cubic feet (rates effective May 31, 2025). The city's rate sheets note a separate DNR fee on the bill that is not in these totals.
Trash: the city does not publish the current fee. The figure is per the 2024-2026 Rapid Removal contract as reported by KTTN: $20 per household per month in 2024, plus 60 cents in 2025 and 61 cents in 2026, giving $21.21 for 2026.
Electric: $18.75 base plus $0.1087 per kWh; the city rate sheet adds 3% residential sales tax and a 5% PILOT (franchise fee), modelled together as 8%. Gas: Liberty North System $16.50 plus ($0.21748 + $0.1855434318 PGA) per Ccf converted to therms with 1.037; PGA changes monthly.
Insurance was not modelled. The city's water rate sheet says sales tax on water is 3% for residential inside city limits; the page can apply only one tax rate to water (the electric rate, 8%), so that 3% (about $27.58 a year at 9 ccf a month) is not added to the water total.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Trenton house costs

What is the property tax rate in Trenton?

About 1.26% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year, Grundy County), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $6,291 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Trenton?

About $159 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on Trenton Municipal Utilities.

How much does trash pickup cost in Trenton?

$21 a month for a house.

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

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