Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Sylacauga, AL: what to set up and who to call
Sylacauga runs its own electric utility, Sylacauga Utilities Board. Children in Sylacauga attend Sylacauga City School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sylacauga, 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 Sylacauga.
Power comes from Sylacauga Utilities Board
Sylacauga Utilities Board (Sylacauga Utilities Board), a municipal utility, serves 79.3% of Sylacauga residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Sylacauga Utilities Board
Sylacauga Utilities Board supplies Sylacauga: about 92% 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 and serves 24,087 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 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.7 ppb. That’s lower than 64% 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. AL0001258.
5 home internet providers serve Sylacauga
97% of 5,039 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 79% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Sylacauga Utilities Board | Fiber | 79% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber, DSL | 73% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 60% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 34% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sylacauga’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sylacauga.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sylacauga is in Sylacauga City 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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Sylacauga spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Sylacauga residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sylacauga | ZIP’s residents in Sylacauga |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35150 | Sylacauga, AL | 91% | 64% |
| 35151 | Sylacauga, AL | 7% | 12% |
| 35014 | Alpine, AL | 1% | 5% |
A few homes fall in 35149, 35160.
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 Sylacauga
Who supplies Sylacauga’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Sylacauga Utilities Board (EPA ID AL0001258). 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 0.6 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sylacauga?
Sylacauga Utilities Board (Sylacauga Utilities Board), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Sylacauga?
Spectrum, Sylacauga Utilities Board, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sylacauga?
35150 (91%), 35151 (7%), 35014 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sylacauga in?
Sylacauga City School District.
How do I register to vote in Sylacauga?
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 Talladega 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: 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.