What a La Vista 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, $260,900; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$5,227
2.003% of $260,900
- Electricity and gas$2,218
885 kWh a month $1,511 · 31 therms $707
- Water and sewer$1,218
9.083333333333334 units (CCF) a month on Metropolitan Utilities District: water $39, sewer $62 a month
- TrashNot included
Not in the total
- Home insuranceNot included
We don't have a typical premium for this city yet. Add yours with Adjust.
A La Vista house at the typical market value ($260,900) costs about $8,700 a year: $5,230 property tax and charges, $1,220 water and sewer, $2,220 electricity and gas; trash is billed separately, and home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Rates checked Oct 29, 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
- Metropolitan Utilities District
- MUD Schedule W-1, 'Outside City Rates' column: $13.02 monthly service charge for a 5/8" meter plus $5.00 monthly water infrastructure replacement charge.
- Property tax
- 2.00% of value
- 2025 tax year, Sarpy County
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How these numbers are made
- Tax rates are the 2025 Sarpy County levies per $100 for the Papillion-La Vista district inside the City of La Vista (county levy resolution); 2026 levies were not yet published.
- Water uses MUD Schedule W-1 'Outside City Rates' (2026): $13.02 service charge plus the $5.00 infrastructure charge; the Next 21 CCF and Over 30 CCF rates are summer-only (June-Oct) and are weighted with the winter rate over 12 months. Typical use is MUD's budgeted 109 CCF a year divided by 12.
- Sewer is billed by the City of La Vista on the MUD bill: $13.49 per month plus $5.39 per ccf ($5.13 + $0.26 temporary). The winter-average cap on spring-to-fall billing is not modelled.
- Electricity is OPPD Rate 110 weighted 4 summer and 8 non-summer months plus the FPPA. Natural gas is Black Hills Energy Rate Area One residential (monthly charge + SSIR + HEAT, delivery tiers in therms, weather normalization and the September 2026 gas cost factor); the City of La Vista 5% gas occupation tax is added to the fixed charge and both delivery/gas-cost tiers. Trash (private haulers) and insurance are not included.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- Sarpy County 2025 levy allocation
- MUD W-1 residential water 2026
- La Vista Master Fee Ordinance 1559 (sewer)
- La Vista trash pickup
- Census Reporter La Vista profile
- MUD 2026 budget news
- MUD annual report
- OPPD service area map
- OPPD residential rates
- Black Hills Energy Nebraska tariff
- EIA 2024 utility residential sales (Table 6)
How La Vista compares
A typical La Vista house against the 1000 cities we cover nationwide, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | La Vista | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 2.00% | 1.36% | higher than 714 of the other 982 cities we cover nationwide |
| Water | $468 | $681 | lower than 764 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $749 | $692 | higher than 500 of the other 882 cities we cover nationwide |
| Electricity and gas | $2,218 | $2,439 | lower than 657 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
| Total | $8,662 | $10,827 | lower than 728 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide |
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 $468 a year at typical use, lower than 764 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide.
Ask: "Water here costs about $468 a year at typical use, lower than 764 of the other 999 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
Common questions about La Vista house costs
What is the property tax rate in La Vista?
About 2.00% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, Sarpy County), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in La Vista?
About $10,017 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in La Vista?
About $101 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9.083333333333334 units, or 6,794 gallons a month) on Metropolitan Utilities District.
How much does trash pickup cost in La Vista?
Not in the total
How much does a house in La Vista cost to run each year?
A La Vista house at the typical market value ($260,900) costs about $8,700 a year: $5,230 property tax and charges, $1,220 water and sewer, $2,220 electricity and gas; trash is billed separately, and home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.