Florence, Alabama Music Enterprises (FAME) Recording Studios · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainLiving in Muscle Shoals, AL: what to set up and who to call
Muscle Shoals runs its own electric utility, City of Muscle Shoals; its homes paid 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025. Xfinity and AT&T both wire most of Muscle Shoals; 58% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Muscle Shoals, 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 Muscle Shoals.
Power comes from City of Muscle Shoals
City of Muscle Shoals (City of Muscle Shoals), a municipal utility, serves 89.0% of Muscle Shoals residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $156 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 Muscle Shoals Utility Board
Muscle Shoals Utility Board supplies Muscle Shoals: 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 22,467 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.6 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AL0000321.
4 home internet providers serve Muscle Shoals
99% of 6,797 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 81% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 82% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 33% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Muscle Shoals depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Muscle Shoals, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofmuscleshoals.com →
From cityofmuscleshoals.com, 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.
Muscle Shoals is in Muscle Shoals City School District.
ASchool 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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Muscle Shoals spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Muscle Shoals residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Muscle Shoals | ZIP’s residents in Muscle Shoals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35661 | Muscle Shoals, AL | 93% | 81% |
| 35674 | Tuscumbia, AL | 7% | 6% |
A few homes fall in 35646. 35662 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Muscle Shoals
Who supplies Muscle Shoals’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Muscle Shoals Utility Board (EPA ID AL0000321). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Muscle Shoals?
City of Muscle Shoals (City of Muscle Shoals), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Muscle Shoals?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Muscle Shoals?
35661 (93%), 35674 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Muscle Shoals in?
Muscle Shoals City School District.
How do I register to vote in Muscle Shoals?
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 Colbert 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: Muscle Shoals’ own website (cityofmuscleshoals.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.