Mesquite, NV · Updated Oct 2026

What a Mesquite house pays

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 Mesquite house

$6,147a year · $512 a month

Starts at $388,600 of home value. Typical use.

A typical Mesquite house pays about $6,200 a year: $2,280 property tax and charges, $800 water and sewer, $170 trash, $1,950 electricity, $950 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 21, 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:

Owner-occupants: keep the 3% tax cap3% cap instead of up to 8%
Nevada caps the yearly increase in the tax bill of an owner's primary residence at 3%; homes that are not owner occupied get a cap of up to 8%. Any recorded ownership document removes the owner-occupied 3% abatement; if the document number on the Assessor's records is updated, you need to complete a new postcard to keep the 3% abatement for the next year.
How: If you receive the Assessor's postcard, sign it and return it as soon as possible to keep the 3% cap. Questions: (702) 455-3882.
Veterans: veteran's exemption$3,640 off assessed value
Eligible veterans get $3,640 off assessed value; veterans with a permanent service-connected disability of at least 60% get $18,200 (60-79%), $27,300 (80-99%) or $36,400 (100%).
How: Apply with the Clark County Assessor: a Nevada driver's license or ID and a copy of your DD214, honorable discharge paper or separation documents; disabled veterans also provide documentation of the disability percentage from the Veteran's Administration or the Armed Forces. To use it on your home's tax bill, apply it to real property by June 15 before the fiscal year starts.
Surviving spouses and blind residents: exemptions$1,820 to $5,460 off assessed value
The Clark County Assessor lists exemptions of $1,820 off assessed value for a surviving spouse and $5,460 for a blind person; its table also lists $7,280 for Surviving Spouse & Blind.
How: Apply with the Clark County Assessor with a Nevada driver's license or ID, plus a copy of your spouse's death certificate (surviving spouse) or a licensed physician's certificate (blind exemption).
Virgin Valley Water District smart irrigation timer rebateUp to $50 rebate
The District's one financial incentive is a rebate for replacing an irrigation timer with a smart timer, paid by check for up to $50 based on the cost of the new timer.
How: Send the District photos of the old timer and the new timer and the purchase receipt.
WaterSmart leak alerts from Virgin Valley Water DistrictLeak alerts by email
Virgin Valley Water District uses the email addresses in its billing system so WaterSmart can notify customers of continuous water use above 20 gallons per hour for at least 24 hours at a property. The District will not forgive any portion of a water bill due to leaks.
How: For questions about your account, contact Virgin Valley Water District customer service: customerservice@vvwdnv.com or 702-346-5731.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartFrom July 1, 2026, residential service inside Mesquite city limits is $12.90 a month plus $1.25 container rental for the first 90-gallon container ($6.75 plus $1.25 for a second), plus a fuel surcharge that changes with diesel prices.

Home valueEnter what your house is worth. The rate is what Mesquite owners typically pay as a share of value (Census). Your own bill depends on your taxable value and the 3% cap, so check your Clark County tax bill. Homes in the Anthem or Canyon Crest special improvement districts also pay a separate SID assessment, and HOA dues are not included.

Home insurance, a yearFrom your policy. We start at $948, Nevada statewide average HO-3 homeowners premium for 2022 (NAIC data via Triple-I).

Your use

Water, thousands of gallons a month

On your water bill. A typical house uses 5,000–8,000 gallons.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your Overton Power District No. 5 bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Money dates

Jan 15in 84 daysDeadline for an owner who believes the property's full cash value is less than its taxable value to appeal to the county board of equalization (the next business day if January 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday).
Jun 1 and Dec 1Special improvement district assessment installments are due for parcels in the Anthem and Canyon Crest SIDs (until June 1, 2037); a late penalty of 2% a month applies.
Jun 15Deadline for exemption holders to apply any portion of their exemption to real property taxes for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
1st Monday in JanuaryThird installment of Clark County property tax is due; payment must be received or postmarked within 10 calendar days of the due date, and a 4% penalty is added to an installment still unpaid after the grace period.

Who serves this house

Water: Virgin Valley Water District; Virgin Valley Water District monthly culinary water rates for Fiscal Year 2027 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027): a ¾-inch meter pays a $31.45 water base charge and a $5.30 debt service surcharge a month, the base rate includes the first 2,000 gallons, and use above that is charged per 1,000 gallons in four blocks (3-6, 7-18, 19-54 and 55+ thousand gallons)
Property tax: About 0.59% of home value; Census ACS 2020-2024 typical share of value; 2026-27 Clark County rates (Mesquite tax districts 901 to 903) shown for reference
Garbage: Virgin Valley Disposal (the city's contractor); Residential service inside city limits uses 90-gallon containers; the City sets the rates and runs residential garbage billings each quarter
Sewer: City of Mesquite; Annual sewer user fees ($179.94 a year from January 1, 2025), billed in advance each quarter
Electricity: Overton Power District No. 5; Residential Rate 1: $36.40 a month plus a charge per kWh in three blocks
Gas: Southwest Gas (parts of the city); most homes heat with electricity; Census ACS 2020-2024: 9,300 of Mesquite's 10,016 occupied homes heat with electricity, 529 with utility gas and 80 with bottled or tank gas

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Source: The Virgin Valley Water District relies on groundwater wells and has installed arsenic treatment systems at many of its wells to meet the federal arsenic limit.
Test results: In 2025, the Virgin Valley Water District detected no contaminants in the drinking water above the EPA accepted level for drinking water.
Lead: No lead service lines were found within the District's service area.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: Nevada taxes 35% of a home's taxable value, at a combined 2026-27 rate in Mesquite of 2.7737 per $100 of assessed value (State 0.17, Clark County School District 1.3034, Clark County 0.6541, City of Mesquite 0.552, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District 0.0942; tax districts 901 to 903, from the Department of Taxation's Redbook). That is 0.971% of taxable value before the cap.
Nevada's abatement caps the yearly increase in an owner-occupied home's tax bill at 3% (up to 8% for other homes), so long-held homes pay less than rate × value. Because of that, and because taxable value is usually below market value, we start from the Census ACS 2020-2024 median real estate taxes paid in Mesquite ($2,278) divided by the median value of owner-occupied homes ($388,600): 0.586% of market value. Homes in the Anthem and Canyon Crest special improvement districts also pay semi-annual SID assessments (billed separately through Assessment Management Group); we found no published typical amount, so they are not included. Many Mesquite homes are in homeowners' associations (including 55+ communities); HOA dues are not included. Mesquite's owners are mostly retirees: in the Census, 5,585 of 8,156 owner households have a householder 65 or older.
Water: Virgin Valley Water District FY 2027 rates (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027) for a ¾-inch meter: $31.45 base plus the $5.30 debt service surcharge ($36.75 a month) with the first 2,000 gallons included, then $2.51 per 1,000 gallons to 6,000, $3.15 to 18,000, $4.38 to 54,000 and $6.29 above. The surcharge is scheduled to drop to $4.30 with billing on February 1, 2028. Typical use: the District's 2026 residential (¾-inch meter) figure of 117 gallons per person per day × 2.18 people per owner household (Census) × 30 days ≈ 7,650 gallons (10.2 hundred cubic feet) a month; the District bills to the nearest thousand gallons.
Sewer: the City of Mesquite's Resolution 950 schedule effective January 1, 2025 ($179.94 a year, $15.00 a month), the last step of the 2019-2025 schedule; we found no later sewer rate resolution in the City Council agendas through October 2026. Garbage: Resolution R22-017 rates from July 1, 2026, $12.90 residential service plus $1.25 container rental a month for one 90-gallon container. The fuel surcharge (a percentage that follows diesel prices each quarter) is not included; in FY 2025 it brought in about $70,000 citywide. Garbage and sewer come on the same City sanitation bill.
Electricity: Overton Power District No. 5 Residential Rate 1, effective January 1, 2026: a $36.40 base charge (we count it once per monthly bill) plus 9.01 cents per kWh for the first 500 kWh, 11.01 cents for the next 1,500 and 12.09 cents above 2,000; no seasonal rates. Typical use is 1,234 kWh a month: the district's 2024 residential sales (230,182 MWh) over 15,545 residential customers (EIA); the district also serves Moapa Valley and Bunkerville, so this is a district-wide average. Any taxes or fees added on the bill are not included.
Gas: not included, because 93% of Mesquite homes heat with electricity (Census: 9,300 of 10,016 occupied homes; 529 use utility gas and 80 bottled or tank gas). Southwest Gas serves parts of the city at its Southern Nevada rates. Insurance: Nevada's 2022 statewide average HO-3 premium (NAIC via Triple-I), not a Mesquite figure.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Mesquite compares

A typical Mesquite house against the 320 cities we cover nationwide, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Mesquite	Median	Where it falls
Water	$624	$654	lower than 169 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$180	$735	lower than 270 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide
Trash	$170	$379	lower than 239 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide
Electricity and gas	$1,947	$2,743	lower than 282 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide
Home insurance	$948	$1,492	lower than 294 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide
Total	$6,147	$11,671	lower than 312 of the other 319 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. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $180 a year, lower than 270 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide. 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 $180 a year, lower than 270 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $170 a year for the standard cart, lower than 239 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide. Where trash is billed through the tax bill or a separate hauler, it is not counted here.

Ask: "Trash pickup here costs about $170 a year for the standard cart, lower than 239 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

3. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $1,947 a year, lower than 282 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $1,947 a year for a typical house, lower than 282 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"

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Common questions about Mesquite house costs

What is the property tax rate in Mesquite?

Property tax in Mesquite averages about 0.59% of home value a year (Census figures for the city; your own rate depends on your property's classification and exemptions).

How much is the water bill in Mesquite?

About $67 a month for water and sewer at typical use (8,000 gallons a month) on Virgin Valley Water District.

How much does trash pickup cost in Mesquite?

$14 to $22 a month, depending on the trash cart size (One 90-gallon container, Two 90-gallon containers).

When is property tax due in Mesquite?

Jun 1 and Dec 1: Special improvement district assessment installments are due for parcels in the Anthem and Canyon Crest SIDs (until June 1, 2037); a late penalty of 2% a month applies. 1st Monday in January: Third installment of Clark County property tax is due; payment must be received or postmarked within 10 calendar days of the due date, and a 4% penalty is added to an installment still unpaid after the grace period. 1st Monday in March: Fourth installment of Clark County property tax is due; payment must be received or postmarked within 10 calendar days of the due date.

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

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