Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Jacksonville, AR: what to set up and who to call
Jacksonville spans 2 ZIP codes; 72076 holds the most residents (97%). Children in Jacksonville attend Jacksonville North Pulaski School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Jacksonville. 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 Jacksonville Waterworks
Jacksonville Waterworks supplies Jacksonville: about 90% of residents live in its service area. Us Air Force Base Little Rock serves another 11%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Central Arkansas Water and Lonoke White Public Water Authority as sellers) and serves 32,875 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 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 51% 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. AR0000466.
7 home internet providers serve Jacksonville
100% of 9,911 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 82% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber, DSL | 61% | 100/20 |
| Right Fiber | Fiber | 53% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Connect2First | Fiber | 10% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 71% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Jacksonville
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Jacksonville, from the town’s own site.
Sanitation & Recycling Center
1300 Marshall Road, Jacksonville, AR 72076
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Newspaper
- Aluminum cans
- Most #1 and #2 plastic
- Catalogs
- Telephone directories
- Office paper
- Glass bottles and jugs
- Cardboard boxes
From jacksonvillear.gov, 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.
Most of Jacksonville (99%) is in Jacksonville North Pulaski School District.
DSchool 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.
Jacksonville spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Jacksonville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Jacksonville | ZIP’s residents in Jacksonville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72076 | Jacksonville, AR | 97% | 75% |
| 72099 | Little Rock Air Force Base, AR | 3% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 72023, 72117. 72078 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 Jacksonville
Who supplies Jacksonville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Jacksonville Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000466). 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 1.2 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Jacksonville?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Jacksonville?
Xfinity, Brightspeed, AT&T, Right Fiber, Connect2First, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Jacksonville?
72076 (97%), 72099 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Jacksonville in?
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District.
How do I register to vote in Jacksonville?
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 Pulaski 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: Jacksonville’s own website (jacksonvillear.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.