Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Austin, AR: what to set up and who to call
All of Austin gets its mail under one ZIP code, 72007. Arlene Cherry Memorial Library (Lonoke County Library System), 2.9 miles away, is the closest library to Austin.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Austin, 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 Austin.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Austin. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Austin Waterworks
Austin Waterworks supplies Austin: about 73% of residents live in its service area. About 27% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Cabot Waterworks and Mid-Arkansas Utilities P.w.a and Hwy 319 Water Users and Lonoke White Public Water Authority as sellers) and serves 3,600 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 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 87% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000346.
7 home internet providers serve Austin
100% of 1,277 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connect2First | Fiber | 98% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 2,000/250 |
| Optimum | Cable | 96% | 940/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 58% | 940/940 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 67% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 62% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Austin is Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Austin, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Tue or Wed)
From austin-ar.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.
Austin is in Cabot Public Schools.
A−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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Austin is in ZIP code 72007
ZIP codes where Austin residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Austin | ZIP’s residents in Austin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72007 | Austin, AR | 100% | 35% |
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 Austin
Who supplies Austin’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Austin Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000346). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Austin?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Austin?
Connect2First, Xfinity, Optimum, Brightspeed, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Austin?
72007. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Austin in?
Cabot Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Austin?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Lonoke County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
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: Austin’s own website (austin-ar.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.