New Richmond, WI · Updated Oct 2026

What a New Richmond 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 New Richmond house

$6,787a year · $566 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $285,100; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$4,182
1.467% of $285,100
Electricity$1,113
681.4774 kWh a month $1,113
Water and sewer$1,144
7,000 gallons a month on New Richmond Utilities water: water $26, sewer $69 a month
Trash$348
96 gallon cart, weekly pick-up, $29 a month
Home insuranceNot included
We don't have a typical premium for this city yet. Add yours with Adjust.

A New Richmond house at the typical market value ($285,100) costs about $6,800 a year: $4,180 property tax and charges, $1,140 water and sewer, $350 trash, $1,110 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 64 gallon cart, weekly pick-up cartUp to $36 a year
Your cart costs $29 a month; the smallest costs $26. Worth it if you rarely fill it.
How: Call your garbage hauler.

Who serves this house

Water: New Richmond Utilities water
Property tax: 1.47% of value; 2025 tax year, St. Croix County, New Richmond School District
Garbage: Hauler of your choice; Residents choose any garbage hauler licensed by the City
Sewer: New Richmond Utilities; Monthly service charge plus a charge per 1,000 gallons
Electricity: New Richmond Utilities; Residential rates effective since 6/23/2025

Pay or manage your bills

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How these numbers are made

Property tax uses the Wisconsin DOR 2025 full-value net rate of 0.01467 for the City of New Richmond (net of the state school levy credit) applied to the Census median home value of $285,100; the city assessment ratio is 0.98 so assessed is near market. St. Croix County's own 2025 mill rate for the city and New Richmond School District is 0.014893021 on assessed value.
Water: $12.00 monthly service charge for a 5/8 or 3/4 inch meter plus $2.15 per 1,000 gallons for the first 17,000 gallons a month and $2.01 above that (the next 150,000 gallons band; the utility's higher bands are not reached by houses). Sewer: $10.94 monthly charge plus $8.60 per 1,000 gallons.
Electric: $12.00 monthly single phase customer charge plus $1.12 Commitment to Community Rider for residential, and $0.1168 per kWh. Typical use is EIA's City of New Richmond residential sales divided by customers.
Trash is not billed by the city: each household picks a licensed hauler; Hometown Disposal's published prices (trash only, weekly) are used. The $5.98 city recycling fee and $2.75 urban forestry fee come from the city's 2026 fee schedule; the schedule does not say how they are billed, so they are modelled as monthly per-household charges. The schedule also lists a $1.50 per utility billing period compost fee, left out because it is not stated to apply to every household. NOT INCLUDED: the city 2026 fee schedule lists a $5.98 per month Recycling Fee (66-23) and a $2.75 per month Urban Forestry Fee, but no official page found says they are billed to every household, so they are left out.
NOT INCLUDED, UNPUBLISHED HERE: natural gas. Xcel Energy (NSP-Wisconsin) Rg-1 sheets found on xcelenergy.com are dated 1/1/2020 ($14.00 customer charge, $0.2973/therm) and predate the 2026-27 rate case; the current Rg-1 sheet could not be loaded.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How New Richmond compares

A typical New Richmond house against the 47 Wisconsin cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	New Richmond	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.47%	1.54%	lower than 27 of the other 45 Wisconsin cities we cover
Water	$318	$461	lower than 41 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$826	$687	higher than 31 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover
Trash	$348	$199	higher than 29 of the other 30 Wisconsin cities we cover
Electricity and gas	$1,113	$1,905	lower than 43 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover
Total	$6,787	$7,415	lower than 33 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 $318 a year at typical use, lower than 41 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover.

Ask: "Water here costs about $318 a year at typical use, lower than 41 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $348 a year for the standard cart, higher than 29 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 $348 a year for the standard cart, higher than 29 of the other 30 Wisconsin cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

3. Electricity and gas

The fact: Electricity and gas for a typical house here cost about $1,113 a year, lower than 43 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 $1,113 a year for a typical house, lower than 43 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 New Richmond house costs

What is the property tax rate in New Richmond?

About 1.47% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, St. Croix County, New Richmond School District), plus flat charges on the same bill.

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

About $7,335 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.

How much is the water bill in New Richmond?

About $95 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on New Richmond Utilities water.

How much does trash pickup cost in New Richmond?

$26 to $29 a month, depending on the trash cart size (64 gallon cart, weekly pick-up, 96 gallon cart, weekly pick-up).

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

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