Jefferson, WI · Updated Oct 2026

What a Jefferson 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 Jefferson house

$6,585a year · $549 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $225,600; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$3,640
1.724% of $225,600, minus the $250 wisconsin lottery and gaming credit, jefferson school district (maximum, for an owner-occupied primary residence)
Electricity$980
645 kWh a month $980
Water and sewer$1,739
9 units (CCF) a month on Jefferson Waterworks: water $53, sewer $88, stormwater (residential eru) $4 a month
Trash$227
Recycling/refuse fee (flat residential charge), $19 a month
Home insuranceNot included
We don't have a typical premium for this city yet. Add yours with Adjust.

A Jefferson house at the typical market value ($225,600) costs about $6,600 a year: $3,640 property tax and charges, $1,740 water and sewer, $230 trash, $980 electricity; home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 31, 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:

Budget billing for city utility billsFree
The budget billing program is a free service offered to all residential customers.
How: Complete the online interest form or call 920.674.7700.

Who serves this house

Water: Jefferson Waterworks
Property tax: 1.72% of value; 2025 tax year (bills collected 2026), City of Jefferson in the Jefferson School District (Jefferson County)
Garbage: John's Pickup Service; Municipal pickup under contract with the City of Jefferson
Electricity: Jefferson Utilities; The City's Electric Utility; power purchased through Wisconsin Public Power Inc.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax is Jefferson County's published 2025 total net rate for the City of Jefferson in the Jefferson School District; the rate used is the county's equalized-value rate of 17.24 per $1,000 (the assessed-value rate 16.393279 times the 1.0515 ratio), applied to the Census median home value $225,600. The Wisconsin lottery and gaming credit is shown as the maximum $249.71 for the Jefferson school district, owner-occupied primary residences only; the school levy credit is not modeled.
Water: $10.53 service charge plus $11.61 public fire protection for a 5/8-inch meter, monthly; volume tiers per 100 cubic feet: 1,600 / 15,000 / 316,700 cubic feet monthly breakpoints converted to CCF.
Sewer: the 2026 rate sheet lists residential-class charges by monthly water use (0-300, 301-601 and 601+ cubic feet: $43.65, $57.65, $87.85). The $87.85 tier is used for a typical household using 6 CCF or more; the sheet's separate meter ($16.30) and per-CCF ($8.50) sewer charges are not added on top.
Stormwater $3.84 and refuse/recycling $18.90 are monthly residential charges on the city utility bill.
Electric: Jefferson Utilities Rg-1 $15.00 plus $0.1033 per kWh. The PCAC schedule sets a base power cost of $0.0844 per kWh and applies the monthly difference from current power cost; no current monthly value is published, so it is not included. Typical use is the EIA Wisconsin residential average, 645 kWh. Natural gas (We Energies per the Chamber page) is not modeled: We Energies has two gas tariffs (Wisconsin Electric Gas Operations and Wisconsin Gas LLC) and the service-area pages could not confirm which one serves Jefferson.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

Common questions about Jefferson house costs

What is the property tax rate in Jefferson?

About 1.72% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year (bills collected 2026), City of Jefferson in the Jefferson School District (Jefferson County)), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $8,370 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in Jefferson?

About $145 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on Jefferson Waterworks.

How much does trash pickup cost in Jefferson?

$19 a month for a house.

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

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