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The Jasper handbook

Living in Jasper, AL: what to set up and who to call

Monday is trash day in Jasper. The nearest emergency room is in town: Walker Baptist Medical Center.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Jasper, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Jasper.

Electricity

Power comes from Alabama Power

Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Jasper. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Jasper Water Works & Sewer Board

Jasper Water Works & Sewer Board supplies Jasper: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 Blount County Water Authority as seller) and serves 28,638 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 65% 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. AL0001336.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Jasper

93% of 6,322 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 28% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber92%1,000/50
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber81%5,000/5,000
C SpireFiber22%8,000/8,000
T-MobileFixed wireless72%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless52%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Jasper is Monday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Jasper, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbjaspercity.com
Trash dayMondayEvery week
LandfillJasper City LandfillHours ↓
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
Holiday weeks

When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.

Landfill

Jasper City Landfill

1311 West Gamble Drive, Jasper, AL 35501

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon7 am–2:45 pm
  • Tue7 am–2:45 pm
  • Wed7 am–2:45 pm
  • Thu7 am–2:45 pm
  • Fri7 am–2:45 pm
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsFurniture, mattresses, and similar items are picked up the same day as garbage; loads over one truckload incur a $200 fee paid at Public Works; call 205-221-8529 for large or unusual items

From jaspercity.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-27T12:00:00-04:00, October 1, 2025. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Jasper kids go to
PK–1T R Simmons Elementary SchoolJasper City School District
2–3Memorial Park Elementary SchoolJasper City School District
7–8Jasper Junior High SchoolJasper City School District
9–12Jasper High SchoolJasper City School District

Jasper is in Jasper City School District.

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Jasper spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Jasper residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of JasperZIP’s residents in Jasper
35501Jasper, AL51%73%
35504Jasper, AL34%36%
35503Jasper, AL15%24%

35502 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code205Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Jasper

Who supplies Jasper’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Jasper Water Works & Sewer Board (EPA ID AL0001336). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.4 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Jasper?

Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Jasper?

Spectrum, AT&T, C Spire, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Jasper?

35501 (51%), 35504 (34%), 35503 (15%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Jasper in?

Jasper City School District.

How do I register to vote in Jasper?

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 Walker County Circuit Clerk. 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: Jasper’s own website (jaspercity.com), 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.