What a Robinson 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, $302,200; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$4,351
1.968% of $302,200, less $140,000 school homestead exemption and less $60,440 mclennan county 20% homestead exemption and less $60,440 mclennan community college 20% homestead exemption
- Electricity and gas$3,327
1096 kWh a month $2,112 · 42.2 therms $1,215
- Water and sewer$1,602
7,000 gallons a month on City of Robinson: water $76, sewer $58 a month
- Trash$330
Residential, one 96-gallon polycart, $27 a month
- Home insurance$2,397
Typical premium $2,397
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Compare insurers' pricesA Robinson house at the typical market value ($302,200) costs about $12,000 a year: $4,350 property tax and charges, $1,600 water and sewer, $330 trash, $3,330 electricity and gas, $2,400 home insurance. 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:
Seniors 65+ or disabled: extra school exemption$60,000 off school taxable value
School districts must give owners 65 or older or disabled an additional $60,000 homestead exemption on top of the $140,000 general one.
How: File the residence homestead exemption application (Form 50-114) with the appraisal district.
Disabled veterans rated 100%Total exemption
A disabled veteran awarded 100 percent disability compensation for a service-connected disability, and rated 100 percent disabled or individually unemployable, gets a total property tax exemption on the homestead.
How: The application is Form 50-114. Exemption applications are filed with the appraisal district in your county.
Homestead cap: appraised value rises at most 10% a year
Once you have qualified your home for homestead exemptions in the prior and current year, its appraised value may not increase more than 10 percent per year (plus new improvements).
65+ / disabled: City of Robinson exemption$10,000
The 2026 McLennan County rate sheet lists $10,000 for the City of Robinson under 65+ / Disabled.
Money dates
- Apr 30General deadline to file exemption applications: before May 1.
- May 15Usual deadline to protest your appraised value (or 30 days after the notice is mailed, if later).
Who serves this house
- Water
- City of Robinson
- Residential water: monthly fixed base fee plus volume rate per 1,000 gallons
- Property tax
- 1.97% of value
- 2026 tax year, McLennan County
- Garbage
- Waste Management, under contract with the City of Robinson
- Weekly trash, every-other-week recycling and weekly brush/bulk service: $27.46 per account, per month
- Sewer
- City of Robinson
- Monthly fixed fee plus volume rate per 1,000 gallons
- Gas
- Atmos Energy
- Supplies transportation and delivery of natural gas in Robinson
- Schools
- Robinson ISD
- 2026 tax rate of $0.916940 per $100 on the McLennan County rate sheet
Your water
- Source
- Surface water is drawn from the Brazos River and stored in the Robinson Reservoir before treatment.
- Source
- Robinson also purchases treated water from the City of Waco which treats water from Lake Waco.
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax: City of Robinson $0.535326, McLennan County $0.374805, McLennan Community College $0.140715 and Robinson ISD $0.916940 per $100 (McLennan County 2026 rate sheet).
- Homestead: $140,000 school exemption plus the county and community college 20% (minimum $5,000) homestead exemptions; the city has no general homestead exemption. Some neighborhoods may sit in TIRZ zones or special districts not modeled.
- Water and sewer: city rates page (Ordinance 2023-035 rates in effect from Jan. 1, 2024; no newer rate schedule found). Sewer is the fixed fee plus $2.43 per 1,000 gallons of winter-average water use. 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter.
- Garbage: $27.46 a month total per the city's Solid Waste page (includes hazardous-waste, franchise and billing fees).
- Electricity uses the Texas statewide average residential price as a stand-in: Robinson is in Oncor's delivery area with retail choice, so no single city rate exists. Gas uses Atmos Mid-Tex Rate R. Insurance is the 2022 Texas statewide figure.
- The median value is a Census market value, not an appraised value, so homesteads with capped values may pay less.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- comptroller.texas.gov
- comptroller.texas.gov
- www.eia.gov
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- legistar2.granicus.com
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- www.atmosenergy.com
- www.iii.org
- comptroller.texas.gov
- comptroller.texas.gov
- www.robinsontexas.org
- www.robinsontexas.org
- www.robinsontexas.org
- www.mclennan.gov
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- www.robinsontexas.org
- api.censusreporter.org
How Robinson compares
A typical Robinson house against the 31 Texas cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | Robinson | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 1.97% | 2.03% | lower than 16 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover |
| Water | $910 | $690 | higher than 23 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $692 | $687 | higher than 16 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover |
| Trash | $330 | $276 | higher than 23 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover |
| Electricity and gas | $3,327 | $2,690 | higher than 22 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover |
| Home insurance | $2,397 | $2,397 | lower than 1 of the other 27 Texas cities we cover |
| Total | $12,007 | $11,060 | higher than 21 of the other 30 Texas 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. Water
The fact: Water here costs about $910 a year at typical use, higher than 23 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover.
Ask: "Water here costs about $910 a year at typical use, higher than 23 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
2. Trash
The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $330 a year for the standard cart, higher than 23 of the other 30 Texas 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 $330 a year for the standard cart, higher than 23 of the other 30 Texas cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"
Common questions about Robinson house costs
What is the property tax rate in Robinson?
About 1.97% of the value before exemptions a year (2026 tax year, McLennan County), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Robinson?
About $8,040 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the school homestead exemption.
How much is the water bill in Robinson?
About $134 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on City of Robinson.
How much does trash pickup cost in Robinson?
$27 a month for a house.
Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Robinson?
Yes. Seniors 65+ or disabled: extra school exemption: School districts must give owners 65 or older or disabled an additional $60,000 homestead exemption on top of the $140,000 general one.
How much does a house in Robinson cost to run each year?
A Robinson house at the typical market value ($302,200) costs about $12,000 a year: $4,350 property tax and charges, $1,600 water and sewer, $330 trash, $3,330 electricity and gas, $2,400 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.