Bishop Manor Estate (Additional Documentation) · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bayou La Batre, AL: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Bayou La Batre goes to 36509 (77% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. The ER is a drive from Bayou La Batre: the closest is Singing River Health System, 16.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bayou La Batre, 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 Bayou La Batre.
Power comes from Alabama Power
Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bayou La Batre. Its homes paid an average of 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $202 a month (its average across Alabama).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bayou La Batre Utilities
Bayou La Batre Utilities supplies Bayou La Batre: about 85% of residents live in its service area. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists St. Elmo-Irvington Water Authority as seller) and serves 8,100 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.6 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AL0000957.
5 home internet providers serve Bayou La Batre
99% of 935 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable | 98% | 1,000/50 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 51% | 60/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 76% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 33% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 8% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Bayou La Batre’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bayou La Batre.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bayou La Batre is in Mobile County School District.
C−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 Apr 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bayou La Batre spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bayou La Batre residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bayou La Batre | ZIP’s residents in Bayou La Batre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36509 | Bayou La Batre, AL | 77% | 93% |
| 36544 | Irvington, AL | 16% | 3% |
| 36523 | Coden, AL | 7% | 6% |
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bayou La Batre
Who supplies Bayou La Batre’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bayou La Batre Utilities (EPA ID AL0000957). 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 1.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bayou La Batre?
Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bayou La Batre?
Mediacom Xtream, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bayou La Batre?
36509 (77%), 36544 (16%), 36523 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bayou La Batre in?
Mobile County School District.
How do I register to vote in Bayou La Batre?
In Alabama you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Mobile County Absentee Elections Manager. Check your registration at myinfo.alabamavotes.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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.