Tualatin, OR · Updated Oct 2026

What a Tualatin 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 Tualatin house

$12,250a year · $1,021 a month

Starts at $314,650 of value before exemptions. Typical use.

Property tax$5,890
1.872% of $314,650
Electricity and gas$3,164
784 kWh a month $2,054 · 54 therms $1,111
Water and sewer$1,911
9 units (CCF) a month on City of Tualatin: water $65, sewer $69, stormwater (per esu, regional plus local rate) $13, road utility fee (single family residential) $8, parks utility fee (residential, per dwelling unit) $5 a month
Trash$399
35 gallon cart, $33 a month
Home insurance$886
Typical premium $886

A typical Tualatin house costs about $12,300 a year: $5,890 property tax and charges, $1,910 water and sewer, $400 trash, $3,160 electricity and gas, $890 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 28, 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 cartUp to $59 a year
Your cart costs $33 a month; the smallest costs $28. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call Republic Services at 503-981-1278.
Pay in full by Nov 15: 3% off
Washington County gives a 3% discount on the current year's tax if full payment is delivered, postmarked or sent by private express carrier by November 15; a two-thirds payment gets 2%.
How: Pay by the November 15 deadline shown on your tax statement.
Utility bill help: up to $300 a yearUp to $300 a year
Eligible residential customers facing extreme hardship may receive assistance on their current utility billing charges up to $300 per fiscal year, if household income is at or below 60% of the Oregon Annual Median Income for the past 60 days.
How: Apply through Community Action Organization of Washington County, which handles the application and qualification process.

Adjust to match your bills

What you knowTrash cartResidential rates for one cart as listed in the City of Tualatin rate schedule (effective January 1, 2024), which also covers weekly recycling and food waste/yard debris carts and a glass tote.

Value before exemptionsOregon taxes the assessed value on your statement, which is usually well below what the house would sell for. Enter the assessed value from your 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 house uses 7–12.

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 15in 10 daysProperty tax due date for full payment (3% discount), two-thirds payment (2% discount) or the first one-third; if the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday, payments are received as timely the next business day
Feb 15in 102 daysSecond one-third installment due
May 15Final installment due; paying the last one-third by this date avoids interest

Who serves this house

Water: City of Tualatin; City of Tualatin monthly water rates, 5/8"×3/4" meter: facilities charge (Class 1) $7.67; service charge $7.77; water charge $5.48 per 100 cubic feet (CCF).
Property tax: 1.87% of value; 2025-26 tax year, Washington County code area 023.76 (City of Tualatin, Tigard/Tualatin School District)
Garbage: Republic Services; Republic Services provides waste management for Tualatin
Sewer: Clean Water Services (regional rate) and City of Tualatin (local rate); Regional rate set by Clean Water Services, local rate by the City
Electricity: Portland General Electric (PGE); Franchise agreement with the City of Tualatin
Gas: NW Natural; Natural gas is provided to Tualatin addresses by NW Natural

Pay or manage your bills

How these numbers are made

Property tax: the 2025-26 Washington County billing rates for code area 023.76 (City of Tualatin, Tigard/Tualatin School District, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, Metro), $18.7193 per $1,000 of assessed value, because the 2026-27 code area rate table was not yet posted. Code area 023.76 has the most single-family tax lots of the Tualatin code areas in Metro's taxlot data (3,789; code area 023.25 has 1,020 and others fewer). The county, Port of Portland, Tualatin Soil & Water and Aquatic Center rates are shown as one line. A small part of Tualatin lies in Clackamas County and parts in other school districts. Oregon has no homestead exemption; no flat charges are added since the city's road, parks and stormwater fees are on the city utility bill. Measure 5 compression is not modeled.
The starting assessed value ($314,650) is the median assessed value of single-family tax lots in code area 023.76; your statement's assessed value is the number to use.
City of Tualatin utility bill (monthly), Resolution 5964-26 rates: water Class 1 facilities charge $7.67 plus service charge $7.77 and $5.48 per CCF; sewer $31.63 regional plus $11.14 local base and $2.10 plus $0.76 per CCF (the city bills sewer use on average November-April water use, modeled here on current use); stormwater $2.93 regional plus $9.65 local per ESU; road utility fee $8.36; parks utility fee $5.00. The optional $0.99 'Pennies for Climate' fee is not included. The city's usage-rates web page still shows 2025 rates; the 2026 resolution was used. The city does not publish a typical water use in CCF, so the page's default use applies.
Garbage: Republic Services residential rates from the City of Tualatin's posted rate schedule (Resolution 5740-23, effective January 1, 2024), the latest the city publishes; the 35-gallon cart is the starting size and Republic's current price for an address may differ.
Electricity: PGE Schedule 7 effective July 8, 2026, with the 1.5% public purpose charge and the 0.3% privilege tax the City of Tualatin imposed on PGE from January 1, 2026 (on top of the 3.5% franchise fee already in rates) folded in, at 784 kWh a month. Gas: NW Natural Schedule 2 effective October 31, 2025, plus the $6.30 a month increase NW Natural announced for October 31, 2026 spread over 54 therms ($6.30 / 54 = $0.1167 per therm); NW Natural has not yet posted the new schedule. Any gas franchise-fee pass-through in Tualatin was not found and is not included. Insurance: the 2023 Oregon statewide average.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Tualatin compares

A typical Tualatin house against the 40 Oregon cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Tualatin	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.87%	1.85%	higher than 21 of the other 39 Oregon cities we cover
Water	$777	$626	higher than 29 of the other 39 Oregon cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$1,133	$1,088	higher than 24 of the other 39 Oregon cities we cover
Trash	$399	$418	lower than 21 of the other 37 Oregon cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$3,164	$2,903	higher than 36 of the other 39 Oregon cities we cover
Home insurance	$886	$886	in the middle of 39 other Oregon cities we cover
Total	$12,250	$10,514	higher than 32 of the other 39 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. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $3,164 a year, higher than 36 of the other 39 Oregon cities we cover. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.

Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $3,164 a year for a typical house, higher than 36 of the other 39 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 Tualatin house costs

What is the property tax rate in Tualatin?

About 1.87% of the value before exemptions a year (2025-26 tax year, Washington County code area 023.76 (City of Tualatin, Tigard/Tualatin School District)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $9,360 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Tualatin?

About $159 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on City of Tualatin.

How much does trash pickup cost in Tualatin?

$28 to $44 a month, depending on the trash cart size (20 gallon cart, 35 gallon cart, 65 gallon cart).

When is property tax due in Tualatin?

Nov 15: Property tax due date for full payment (3% discount), two-thirds payment (2% discount) or the first one-third; if the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday, payments are received as timely the next business day Feb 15: Second one-third installment due May 15: Final installment due; paying the last one-third by this date avoids interest

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Tualatin?

Utility bill help: up to $300 a year: Eligible residential customers facing extreme hardship may receive assistance on their current utility billing charges up to $300 per fiscal year, if household income is at or below 60% of the Oregon Annual Median Income for the past 60 days. Apply through Community Action Organization of Washington County, which handles the application and qualification process.

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