Creek Street Historic District · Photo: Jerzystrzelecki · CC BY 3.0Living in Ketchikan, AK: what to set up and who to call
Ketchikan runs its own electric utility, Ketchikan Public Utilities; its homes paid 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025. Ketchikan Solid Waste Facility takes trash and recycling in Ketchikan, open Mon–Sat 8 am–4 pm (OpenStreetMap).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ketchikan, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Ketchikan.
Power comes from Ketchikan Public Utilities
Ketchikan Public Utilities (Ketchikan Public Utilities), a municipal utility, serves 99.4% of Ketchikan residents. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $138 a month (its average across Alaska).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ketchikan Public Utilities
Ketchikan Public Utilities supplies Ketchikan: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 8,937 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.3 ppb. That’s higher than 76% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AK2120232.
2 home internet providers serve Ketchikan
100% of 2,446 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchikan Public Utilities | Fiber, DSL | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| GCI | Cable | 100% | 2,500/75 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Ketchikan
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Ketchikan, from the town’s own site.
Deer Mountain Landfill
1103 Nordstrom Drive, Ketchikan, AK 99901
- Mon8 am–4 pm
- Tue8 am–4 pm
- Wed8 am–4 pm
- Thu8 am–4 pm
- Fri8 am–4 pm
- Sat8 am–4 pm
From ketchikan.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ketchikan is in Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ketchikan is in ZIP code 99901
ZIP codes where Ketchikan residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ketchikan | ZIP’s residents in Ketchikan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99901 | Ketchikan, AK | 100% | 59% |
99950 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Ketchikan
When is the Ketchikan Solid Waste Facility open?
Mon–Sat 8 am–4 pm, according to OpenStreetMap (as of Oct 9, 2026). The town sets the hours and who may use it.
Who supplies Ketchikan’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ketchikan Public Utilities (EPA ID AK2120232). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ketchikan?
Ketchikan Public Utilities (Ketchikan Public Utilities), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ketchikan?
Ketchikan Public Utilities, GCI (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ketchikan?
99901. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ketchikan in?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Ketchikan?
In Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Absentee and Petition Office. Check your registration at myvoterportal.alaska.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Ketchikan’s own website (ketchikan.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.