Photo: American Diabetio · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Huntsville, AL: what to set up and who to call
Huntsville runs its own electric utility, City of Huntsville; its homes paid 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025. Most homes in Huntsville have two wired internet choices, Xfinity and AT&T.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Huntsville, 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 Huntsville.
Power comes from City of Huntsville
City of Huntsville (City of Huntsville - (AL)), a municipal utility, serves 98.1% of Huntsville residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $144 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 Huntsville Utilities Water Dept.
Huntsville Utilities Water Dept. supplies Huntsville: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth. as seller) and serves 310,107 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 84 systems serving 250,001–500,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. AL0000882.
7 home internet providers serve Huntsville
99% of 77,766 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 89% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Google Fiber | Fiber | 88% | 8,000/8,000 |
| WOW! | Cable, Fiber | 75% | 1,200/50 |
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 3% | 1,000/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Huntsville depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Huntsville, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on huntsvilleal.gov →
- RecyclingOnce a month
From huntsvilleal.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2019-12-02, 2022-02-10, 2022-05-20. 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.
Most of Huntsville (96%) is in Huntsville City School District; parts are in Limestone County School District (3%).
BSchool 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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Huntsville spans 15 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Huntsville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Huntsville | ZIP’s residents in Huntsville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35810 | Huntsville, AL | 13% | 95% |
| 35803 | Huntsville, AL | 13% | 97% |
| 35802 | Huntsville, AL | 11% | 100% |
| 35805 | Huntsville, AL | 11% | 100% |
| 35801 | Huntsville, AL | 10% | 100% |
| 35763 | Owens Cross Roads, AL | 8% | 79% |
| 35806 | Huntsville, AL | 8% | 64% |
| 35816 | Huntsville, AL | 7% | 100% |
| 35811 | Huntsville, AL | 5% | 37% |
| 35824 | Huntsville, AL | 4% | 99% |
| 35757 | Madison, AL | 3% | 36% |
| 35756 | Madison, AL | 2% | 19% |
| 35749 | Harvest, AL | 1% | 8% |
| 35741 | Brownsboro, AL | 1% | 62% |
| 35758 | Madison, AL | 1% | 5% |
A few homes fall in 35748, 35896, 35759, 35773, 35808, 35671, 35754. 35804, 35807, 35809, 35812, 35813, 35814, 35815, 35893, 35894, 35895, 35897, 35898, 35899 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Huntsville
Who supplies Huntsville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Huntsville Utilities Water Dept. (EPA ID AL0000882). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Huntsville?
City of Huntsville (City of Huntsville - (AL)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Huntsville?
Xfinity, AT&T, Google Fiber, WOW!, Mediacom Xtream, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Huntsville?
35810 (13%), 35803 (13%), 35802 (11%), 35805 (11%), 35801 (10%), 35763 (8%), 35806 (8%), 35816 (7%), 35811 (5%), 35824 (4%), 35757 (3%), 35756 (2%), 35749 (1%), 35741 (1%), 35758 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Huntsville in?
Huntsville City School District. Parts of the city are in Limestone County School District.
How do I register to vote in Huntsville?
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 Madison 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: Huntsville’s own website (huntsvilleal.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 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.