Gresham, OR · Updated Oct 2026

What a Gresham 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 Gresham house

$11,811a year · $984 a month

Starts at $258,850 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$5,271
2.036% of $258,850
Electricity and gas$3,270
784 kWh a month $2,181 · 53 therms $1,089
Water and sewer$1,841
6 units (CCF) a month on City of Gresham: water $66, sewer $49, stormwater (one drainage residential unit, the single-family standard) $21, flood safety district pass-through fee (average home) $2, police, fire and parks fee $15 a month
Trash$543
35-gallon cart (weekly), $45 a month
Home insurance$886
Typical premium $886

A typical Gresham house pays about $11,800 a year: $5,270 property tax and charges, $1,840 water and sewer, $540 trash, $3,270 electricity and gas, $890 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:

Switch to the 20-gallon cart (weekly) cartUp to $77 a year
Your cart costs $45 a month; the smallest costs $39. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call your hauler with questions about service, missed pick-ups and bills; the City lists each hauler's phone number.
Pay the property tax in full by November 163% off
Paying all of the 2026 tax by Nov. 16, 2026 takes 3% off; paying two-thirds by then takes 2% off. Installments get no discount.
How: Pay at proptax.multco.us, by mail (postmarked by Nov. 16) or at 501 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Low-income households: City utility bill assistance
The City's utility assistance program helps customers struggling to pay utility bills. It applies to single-family homes and is targeted to households making 50% of median family income or less; income validation is required, and funds are limited.
How: Apply online for priority consideration, or pick up a paper application at the City Hall utilities counter; questions to 503-618-2373.
Stormwater fee discount
Homeowners who meet stormwater reduction requirements may reduce the stormwater part of the utility bill; an approved discount also applies to the Flood Safety District pass-through fee.
How: Submit the City's residential stormwater fee discount application; questions to Utilities at 503-618-2373.
Rockwood Water customers: water bill assistance$150 once, or $25 off six bills
Rockwood Water PUD's financial assistance program gives qualifying customers a one-time assistance payment of $150 or a $25 discount on each two-month water bill for one year (six bills).
How: Apply through Rockwood Water PUD's financial assistance program.
Seniors 62+ or disabled: property tax deferral
Disabled or senior homeowners can borrow from the State of Oregon to pay their county property taxes; a lien is placed on the home and deferred taxes accrue 6% interest a year. The 2026 household income limit is $70,000. In Multnomah County, seniors must be at least 62 by April 15 of the year they file.
How: File an application with the county assessor by April 15, or late from April 16 to December 1 with a fee.
Disabled veterans: property tax exemption
Veterans certified 40% or more disabled, with an honorable discharge from active duty, who own and live in their Multnomah County home as their primary residence may be entitled to a property tax exemption.
How: Email the claim with proof of discharge and certification of disability to dart.special.programs@multco.us (preferred), or mail it to Multnomah County DART SPG, PO Box 2716, Portland, OR 97208-2716 if you are unable to email.
PGE Income-Qualified Bill Discount15% to 80% off
Based on household size and income, PGE customers could get 15% to 80% off. No financial documents are required.
How: Apply with PGE or call 503-228-6322.
NW Natural bill discount15% to 85% off
In Oregon, households with income below 60% of the state median income can get 15% to 85% off their monthly gas bills. No proof of income is required to apply.
How: Apply online with NW Natural or call 503-226-4211 or 800-422-4012.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartWeekly garbage pickup; the monthly rate includes a 60-gallon yard debris cart and a recycling cart. Rates effective July 1, 2026.

Value before exemptionsOregon taxes the assessed value on your statement, which is often far below market value. Enter the assessed value from your 2026 tax statement.

Home insurance, a yearFrom your policy. We start at $886, Oregon statewide average for 2023, NAIC data in the Oregon Insurance Commissioner's January 2025 legislative briefing.

Earthquake insurance, a yearSeparate from home insurance. Most owners don't have it.

Your use

Water, units a month

On your water bill. 1 unit (CCF) is 748 gallons. A typical Gresham house uses about 6.

Electricity, kWh a month

On your Portland General Electric (PGE) bill. An electric car adds about 300 kWh.

Gas, therms a month (yearly average)

Money dates

Nov 16, 2026in 24 daysProperty tax due (first installment, or pay in full for the 3% discount)
Dec 31, 2026in 69 daysLast day to appeal your property value to the Property Valuation Appeals Board
Feb 16, 2027in 116 daysSecond property tax installment due
Apr 15 (each year)Senior & disabled property tax deferral applications due; late filing with a fee until December 1

Who serves this house

Water: Depends on your address; City of Gresham
Property tax: 2.04% of value; 2026-27 tax year, Multnomah County levy code area 026 (City of Gresham, Gresham-Barlow School District)
Garbage: Gresham-area garbage haulers; Arrow Sanitary, Gresham Sanitary Service, Hoodview Disposal, Rockwood Solid Waste or Waste Management, with weekly garbage, recycling and yard debris pickup
Sewer: City of Gresham; The City provides wastewater (sewer) and stormwater utilities; bills are mailed every other month
Electricity: PGE; The City lists PGE as the electricity provider among its other utility providers
Gas: NW Natural; The City lists NW Natural as the natural gas provider among its other utility providers
Schools: Gresham-Barlow, Centennial or Reynolds School District; The public K-12 school districts the City lists for Gresham

Pay or manage your bills

Your water

Hardness: The groundwater contains more naturally occurring minerals, including magnesium, calcium and silica, which make it moderately hard
Lead: Gresham never used lead service lines; in the latest testing of 62 high-risk homes, none exceeded the lead action level (90th percentile 3.45 ppb, action level 15 ppb)

How these numbers are made

Property tax: the 2026-27 Multnomah County consolidated rate for levy code area 026 (City of Gresham, Gresham-Barlow School District), $20.3625 per $1,000 of taxable assessed value. Code area 026 holds about 14,200 of Gresham's roughly 24,300 single-family tax lots in Metro's RLIS taxlot data; homes in the Centennial School District (code area 383, $19.0892) or Reynolds School District (code area 047 and others, $19.2448) pay slightly less. Oregon has no homestead exemption.
The starting assessed value ($258,850) is the median assessed value, 2025 roll, of the 14,178 single-family tax lots in levy code area 026 in Metro's RLIS taxlot data (Metro's open data, compiled from county assessor records; last updated July 17, 2026, before the County mailed the 2026 statements in October). Your statement's assessed value is the number to use. Measure 5 compression is not modeled; at these rates it would only apply if a home's assessed value were above about 91% of its real market value.
Water: City of Gresham 2026 rates (5/8-inch meter $30.79 plus the usual $9.24 fire flow charge a month; $4.38, $5.30 and $6.60 per ccf), with the two-month tier breaks halved to monthly (17 and 27 ccf). The page starts at 6 ccf a month, the average use the City uses for its typical bill. Homes served by Rockwood Water PUD (much of west and north Gresham) pay Rockwood's $33.92 two-month meter charge (shown as $16.96 a month) and $3.80 per ccf instead; a few homes on the city's edges are served by Lusted or Pleasant Home water districts. New City water, wastewater and stormwater rates take effect January 1, 2027.
Wastewater: the $43.66 residential charge plus $0.85 per ccf; the City bills the per-unit part on your winter (October-April) average, which the calculator approximates with this month's use. Stormwater ($21.32 per Drainage Residential Unit; single-family homes are one DRU), the $2.00 Flood Safety District pass-through and the $15 Police, Fire and Parks Fee are added as monthly City utility bill charges.
Garbage: the 2026 Gresham-area residential rates from July 1, 2026, which include weekly recycling and a 60-gallon yard debris cart; your hauler depends on your address.
Electricity: PGE Schedule 7 effective July 8, 2026 (year-round, no seasons), the effective per-kWh rate plus the 1.5% public purpose charge folded in (not on Schedule 109 or the $1.24 low-income charge), with use starting at 784 kWh a month, PGE's typical Schedule 7 customer. Gas: NW Natural Schedule 2 effective October 31, 2025; new rates take effect October 31, 2026 and are not included.
Gas and electricity: Gresham's license fee is 10% of gross revenues for both. Under OAR 860-022-0040 the first 3.5% (electric) or 3% (gas) is in rates and the excess is separately stated on bills in the city, so we multiply the electric figures by 1.065 and the gas figures by 1.07. Insurance: the 2023 Oregon statewide average.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Gresham compares

A typical Gresham house against the 17 Oregon cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Gresham	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	2.04%	1.92%	higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover
Water	$796	$624	higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$1,045	$1,123	lower than 9 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover
Trash	$543	$446	higher than 11 of the other 13 Oregon cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,270	$2,873	higher than 16 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover
Home insurance	$886	$886	in the middle of 16 other Oregon cities we cover
Total	$11,811	$10,422	higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon 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. Property tax rate

The fact: Gresham's property tax rate is 2.04%, higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.

Ask: "Property tax in Gresham is 2.04%, higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"

2. Water

The fact: Water here costs about $796 a year at typical use, higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $796 a year at typical use, higher than 12 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $543 a year for the standard cart, higher than 11 of the other 13 Oregon 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 $543 a year for the standard cart, higher than 11 of the other 13 Oregon cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

4. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $3,270 a year, higher than 16 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $3,270 a year for a typical house, higher than 16 of the other 16 Oregon cities we cover. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"

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Common questions about Gresham house costs

What is the property tax rate in Gresham?

About 2.04% of the value before exemptions a year (2026-27 tax year, Multnomah County levy code area 026 (City of Gresham, Gresham-Barlow School District)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $10,181 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Gresham?

About $153 a month for water and sewer at typical use (6 units, or 4,488 gallons a month) on City of Gresham.

How much does trash pickup cost in Gresham?

$39 to $68 a month, depending on the trash cart size (20-gallon cart (weekly), 35-gallon cart (weekly), 60-gallon cart (weekly), 90-gallon cart (weekly)).

When is property tax due in Gresham?

Nov 16, 2026: Property tax due (first installment, or pay in full for the 3% discount) Feb 16, 2027: Second property tax installment due Apr 15 (each year): Senior & disabled property tax deferral applications due; late filing with a fee until December 1

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Gresham?

Yes. Seniors 62+ or disabled: property tax deferral: Disabled or senior homeowners can borrow from the State of Oregon to pay their county property taxes; a lien is placed on the home and deferred taxes accrue 6% interest a year. The 2026 household income limit is $70,000. In Multnomah County, seniors must be at least 62 by April 15 of the year they file.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Gresham?

Low-income households: City utility bill assistance: The City's utility assistance program helps customers struggling to pay utility bills. It applies to single-family homes and is targeted to households making 50% of median family income or less; income validation is required, and funds are limited. Apply online for priority consideration, or pick up a paper application at the City Hall utilities counter; questions to 503-618-2373.

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

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