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The hidden cost of buying in Roseville

Placer County’s biggest city and the heart of West Roseville’s master-planned growth — which is exactly why Mello-Roos and the supplemental bill matter most here. The one real break: the city runs its own cheap electric utility.

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Property tax

≈1.1–1.6%+

Effective rate

Established east and central Roseville lands near 1.1–1.2% of value once voter bonds are added to the 1% Prop 13 base. Newer West Roseville tracts carrying CFD bond debt run an effective ≈1.6% or higher. Expect a one-time supplemental bill about a year after closing for the gap between the seller’s old assessed value and your purchase price.

Mello-Roos

≈$4,000–$12,000/yr

Newer West Roseville tracts

Concentrated in the master-planned west side. Newer builds run around $4,000/yr; the newest phases with a full 30–40 year bond term can reach $6,000–$12,000/yr. Older east-side neighborhoods carry little or none. It is a fixed dollar charge, not a percentage — read the parcel’s tax bill or the builder’s CFD disclosure before you make an offer.

CFD neighborhoods: Fiddyment Farm · WestPark · Villages at Sierra Vista · Crocker Ranch · Amoruso Ranch

Fire zone + insurance

Mostly Low

Hazard (flat urban)

Flat, densely built Roseville is largely outside mapped Very High fire zones under CAL FIRE’s 2025 maps; isolated creek and open-space edges can map Moderate. Most homes are insurable on the standard market. Typical premiums run ≈$1,300–$2,200/yr for 95747, 95661, and 95678 — dwelling- and ZIP-driven estimates, not quotes.

Electric utility

≈$156/mo

Roseville Electric · 750 kWh

The City of Roseville runs its own municipal utility, Roseville Electric — one of the cheaper providers in California, roughly $156/mo at 750 kWh (June 2026). A comparable PG&E bill for the same usage is about $290/mo, so being on Roseville Electric is a genuine, recurring saving rather than a hidden cost. Confirm the territory for a specific address.

Want the real number for one Roseville home?

Paste any Roseville address into the live tool. It reads the parcel’s tax-rate area, Mello-Roos, fire-zone status, and utility territory, and shows the full monthly picture — every figure labeled with its source.

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Estimates for planning only, built from public data: CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones, California Energy Commission electric-territory maps, utility tariffs, and county assessor tax-rate schedules. Insurance and utility figures are zone- and territory-driven estimates, not quotes. Mello-Roos and special-assessment dollars are cohort estimates unless read from an actual county bill — always verify the exact figure with the county and get a real insurance quote for a specific address.


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