What a Monroe 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 $263,771 of value before exemptions. Typical use.
- Property tax$4,547
1.724% of $263,771
- Electricity$1,566
673 kWh a month $1,566
- Water and sewer$843
6.67 units (CCF) a month on Monroe Water Utility: water $29, sewer $35, stormwater charge per equivalent residential unit $6 a month
- Trash$132
65 gallon trash cart, $11 a month
- Home insuranceNot included
We don't have a typical premium for this city yet. Add yours with Adjust.
A typical Monroe house costs about $7,100 a year: $4,550 property tax and charges, $840 water and sewer, $130 trash, $1,570 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:
Switch to the 35 gallon trash cart cartUp to $12 a year
Your cart costs $11 a month; the smallest costs $10. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call your garbage hauler.
Money dates
- January 31in 88 daysProperty tax payments made on or before January 31 go to the City of Monroe; the first installment must be paid by January 31.
- July 31A second installment must be paid to the Green County Treasurer by July 31.
Who serves this house
- Water
- Monroe Water Utility
- Quarterly 5/8 inch meter service charge and public fire protection charge, plus a volume charge per 100 cubic feet.
- Property tax
- 1.72% of value
- 2025 tax year, City of Monroe in the Monroe School District (Green County)
- Garbage
- City of Monroe
- Garbage User Fee billed with the water and wastewater bill every 3 months
- Sewer
- City of Monroe Wastewater Utility
- Fixed quarterly charge plus a flow charge per 1,000 cubic feet
- Electricity
- Alliant Energy
- Residential Rg-1 rate
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax uses the City's 2025 fast facts: a city rate of $7.15 per $1,000 of assessed value and an average overall rate of $17.24 per $1,000, so county, school district and Blackhawk Technical College together are $17.24 minus $7.15. The City does not say whether school and lottery credits are already netted; $17.24 x $263,771 / 1,000 = $4,547 is consistent with the City's reported $167.96 (3.8%) rise in the average home's bill, which suggests the rate is already net.
- The starting value is the City's $263,771 assessed value of the 2025 average home, an average rather than a median.
- Water is the quarterly $21.06 service charge plus $20.25 public fire protection (5/8 inch meter), divided by 3, and $2.31 per 100 cubic feet up to 6,000 cubic feet a quarter; sewer is $27.57 a quarter plus $38.30 per 1,000 cubic feet. Typical use is the utility's example of 2,000 cubic feet a quarter.
- Trash is the 2026 quarterly cart price divided by 3 (35 gallon $30, 65 gallon $33, 95 gallon $36); stormwater is $19 a quarter divided by 3.
- Electric is Alliant's Rg-1 rate: $0.5260 a day and $0.17011 per kWh, with 673 kWh a month from the company's EIA sales per customer. Gas is left out: Monroe's natural gas utility and tariff are not identified in any official source (Alliant's communities-served page lists Monroe, WI for Electric only; an Alliant industrial-site page names We Energies for one site, which is not a residential service territory), so the city is held unpublished until a gas utility and residential tariff are confirmed.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
How Monroe compares
A typical Monroe house against the 47 Wisconsin cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | Monroe | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 1.72% | 1.54% | higher than 28 of the other 45 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Water | $350 | $461 | lower than 37 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $493 | $687 | lower than 40 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Trash | $132 | $199 | lower than 24 of the other 30 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Electricity and gas | $1,566 | $1,905 | lower than 40 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Total | $7,088 | $7,415 | lower than 27 of the other 46 Wisconsin 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 $350 a year at typical use, lower than 37 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover.
Ask: "Water here costs about $350 a year at typical use, lower than 37 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
2. Sewer and utility-bill fees
The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $493 a year, lower than 40 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. 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 $493 a year, lower than 40 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
3. Trash
The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $132 a year for the standard cart, lower than 24 of the other 30 Wisconsin 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 $132 a year for the standard cart, lower than 24 of the other 30 Wisconsin 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 $1,566 a year, lower than 40 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. Rates are set mostly by the utility and the state.
Ask: "Electricity and gas here cost about $1,566 a year for a typical house, lower than 40 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. Which parts of that can the city influence, and what would you do about them?"
Common questions about Monroe house costs
What is the property tax rate in Monroe?
About 1.72% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, City of Monroe in the Monroe School District (Green County)), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Monroe?
About $8,620 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in Monroe?
About $70 a month for water and sewer at typical use (6.67 units, or 4,989 gallons a month) on Monroe Water Utility.
How much does trash pickup cost in Monroe?
$10 to $12 a month, depending on the trash cart size (35 gallon trash cart, 65 gallon trash cart, 95 gallon trash cart).
How much does a house in Monroe cost to run each year?
A typical Monroe house costs about $7,100 a year: $4,550 property tax and charges, $840 water and sewer, $130 trash, $1,570 electricity; home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.