What a Waupun 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 $202,527 of value before exemptions. Typical use.
- Property tax$3,859
1.905% of $202,527
- Electricity and gas$2,002
700 kWh a month $1,098 · 62.58 therms $904
- Water and sewer$1,688
9 units (CCF) a month on Waupun Utilities water: water $78, sewer $63 a month
- Trash$199
Waste and recycling collection (annual container fees shown per month), $17 a month
- Home insuranceNot included
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A typical Waupun house costs about $7,800 a year: $3,860 property tax and charges, $1,690 water and sewer, $200 trash, $2,000 electricity and gas; 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:
Money dates
- January 31in 88 daysPrior to January 31: Remit payment, payable to the City of Waupun
- After January 31in 88 daysAfter January 31: Remit payment to the County
Who serves this house
- Water
- Waupun Utilities water
- Meter charge for a 5/8 in. meter plus a fire protection charge; volume tiers per 100 cubic feet (ccf): first 13 ccf (1,300 cu ft), next 70 ccf, next 583 ccf, then over 666 ccf (66,600 cu ft) a month.
- Property tax
- 1.91% of value
- 2025 tax year, City of Waupun in the Waupun Area School District (Dodge County)
- Garbage
- GFL
- Contract for solid waste and recycling services
- Sewer
- Waupun Utilities
- Sewer rates with a meter charge and a volume charge on water use
- Electricity
- Waupun Utilities
- Residential Service, year-round
- Gas
- Alliant Energy
- Residential service Gg-1
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax uses the City's 2025 Dodge County rates per $1,000: city 6.998, county 4.247, MPTC 0.656 and school 8.503 less the 1.349 school credit (net 19.056). The city's Fond du Lac County parcels pay a lower net rate of 15.687; Dodge holds most of the city's residential parcels.
- The starting value is the average assessed value of residential parcels on the 2026 Dodge County roll ($315,337,500 over 1,557 parcels), after the 2025 citywide revaluation (1,484 of the 1,557 parcels have buildings, so vacant lots pull the average down slightly); the 2025 rates were set on 2025 values.
- Water is $13.82 meter charge plus $15.79 fire protection (5/8 in.) and the tiered volume charge per 100 cubic feet; sewer is $11.16 plus $5.76 per 100 cubic feet of water use. The water and fire-protection rates are shown on the utility's page as effective 5/1/2012 (the latest published; no newer water rate notice found) and the sewer rates as effective 4/1/2025. Volume tiers: first 13 ccf (1,300 cu ft), next 70 ccf, next 583 ccf, over 666 ccf (66,600 cu ft) a month.
- Trash and recycling is the annual container fees $146.16 + $52.92 divided by 12 ($16.59 a month), billed on the utility bill.
- Electric is the customer charge $13.00 plus $1.00 commitment charge and $0.1107 per kWh, leaving out the variable power cost adjustment (PCAC) and sales tax. Gas is Alliant's Gg-1 at Alliant's Wisconsin Power & Light residential rate summary: $0.4603 a day and $0.9803 per therm base, excluding the monthly market adjustment; 751 therms a year.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
How Waupun compares
A typical Waupun house against the 47 Wisconsin cities we cover, using the same default numbers as the total above.
| Per year | Waupun | Median | Where it falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax rate | 1.91% | 1.54% | higher than 39 of the other 45 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Water | $932 | $461 | higher than 43 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Sewer and utility-bill fees | $756 | $687 | higher than 27 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Trash | $199 | $199 | in the middle of 30 other Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Electricity and gas | $2,002 | $1,905 | higher than 26 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover |
| Total | $7,748 | $7,415 | higher than 26 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. Property tax rate
The fact: Waupun's property tax rate is 1.91%, higher than 39 of the other 45 Wisconsin cities we cover. The rate adds up every agency on the bill, not only the city.
Ask: "Property tax in Waupun is 1.91%, higher than 39 of the other 45 Wisconsin cities we cover. What should that money pay for first, and would you change anything about how it is set?"
2. Water
The fact: Water here costs about $932 a year at typical use, higher than 43 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover.
Ask: "Water here costs about $932 a year at typical use, higher than 43 of the other 46 Wisconsin cities we cover. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"
Common questions about Waupun house costs
What is the property tax rate in Waupun?
About 1.91% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, City of Waupun in the Waupun Area School District (Dodge County)), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Waupun?
About $9,528 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in Waupun?
About $141 a month for water and sewer at typical use (9 units, or 6,732 gallons a month) on Waupun Utilities water.
How much does trash pickup cost in Waupun?
$17 a month for a house.
How much does a house in Waupun cost to run each year?
A typical Waupun house costs about $7,800 a year: $3,860 property tax and charges, $1,690 water and sewer, $200 trash, $2,000 electricity and gas; home insurance is not included (no typical premium yet). Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.