How much does a security camera cost per month in Virginia?

About 64.4¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.64¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?

Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Virginia has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.

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Cost to run a security camera in Virginia (August 2026 rates)

At 17.64¢ per kilowatt-hour — Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a security camera costs $7.73 a year. That is 3% less than the national average of $7.95. Virginia's residential rate is up 11.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.94 to $7.73 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 2.1¢
Per month: 64.4¢
Per year: $7.73

Assumption: 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 44 kWh a year. Per wired camera, including night-vision illuminators averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Virginia compares

Virginia pays 17.64¢/kWh, the 20th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 22.8¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same security camera costs $5.57 a year in Nevada and $20.66 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $15.09 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Colorado	17.17¢	62.7¢	$7.52
Minnesota	17.20¢	62.8¢	$7.53
Virginia	17.64¢	64.4¢	$7.73
Delaware	18.70¢	68.3¢	$8.19
Illinois	19.32¢	70.5¢	$8.46

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a security camera.

What else costs about the same in Virginia

Electric pressure cooker$7.41 a year in VA Rice cooker$7.41 a year in VA Electric lawn mower$7.34 a year in VA

Cutting the number down

Individually trivial, collectively real: eight cameras around the clock is an always-on load worth knowing about.

Questions

How much does a security camera cost per month in Virginia?: About 64.4¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.64¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?: Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Virginia has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.