Average Utility Bills in Prosper/McKinney area (house, living)

[BarlowMo4]

For those that live in the Prosper/McKinney area, what are the average monthly bills for gas, electric, water, garbage? Is there a balanced billing option to balance summer/winter months for electric or are summer months much higher? My family is thinking of re-locating from Colorado and I am trying to get a better idea of actual cost of living per month. Thank you for the insight!

[the_potion_darling]

Gas runs as high as $140 in winter, as a low as $17-22 in summer. W/S/G is $92 a month for the 6 months a year I do not water the yard. Goes up to $118-130/mo depending on water. Electric is opposite of gas, around $40 in winter and $160-190 in the summer. Last summer there was a stretch of days over 100 degrees, I really noticed that on my bill. Welcome to the area!

[Katana49]

Originally Posted by BarlowMo4

For those that live in the Prosper/McKinney area, what are the average monthly bills for gas, electric, water, garbage? Is there a balanced billing option to balance summer/winter months for electric or are summer months much higher? My family is thinking of re-locating from Colorado and I am trying to get a better idea of actual cost of living per month. Thank you for the insight!

The location doesn't matter, it's the size of the house that does for gas and electric.


Our water/trash bill from Prosper is around $100-120 a month. For electric in the summer, our old house that was 3600+ sq ft our max bill ever in July/August was $220 IIRC. But that house had radiant sheathing installed in the attic, and all lights were upgraded to LED. Our current house at 5500+ sqft has run a bit over $500 in the summer.


The winter was cheaper for both with gas, but it also depends on what you're doing... If we run our gas fireplace for several hours for a few days, the bill shoots up quick, same if we decide to heat up the pool.