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The Arcadia handbook

Living in Arcadia, CA: what to set up and who to call

Two school districts split the grades in Arcadia: El Monte Union High School District and Arcadia Unified School District. For home internet, most of Arcadia can choose between Spectrum and Giggle Fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Arcadia, 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 Arcadia.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Arcadia. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.

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 City of Arcadia water system

The City of Arcadia water system supplies Arcadia: about 95% of residents live in its service area. It draws ground water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. as seller) and serves 51,361 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA1910003.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Arcadia

100% of 13,858 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 49% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
Giggle FiberCable, Fiber94%1,000/40
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber79%1,000/1,000
Sonic TelecomFiber21%10,000/10,000
FrontierFiber, DSL17%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless71%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Arcadia’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Arcadia.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Arcadia kids go to
K–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Arcadia HighArcadia Unified School District

Arcadia is in two districts that split the grades: El Monte Union High School District and Arcadia Unified 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Arcadia spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of ArcadiaZIP’s residents in Arcadia
91007Arcadia, CA54%91%
91006Arcadia, CA45%81%

A few homes fall in 91780. 91066, 91077 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code626Wikidata

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 Arcadia

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

The City of Arcadia water system (EPA ID CA1910003). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Arcadia?

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Arcadia?

Spectrum, Giggle Fiber, AT&T, Sonic Telecom, Frontier, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Arcadia?

91007 (54%), 91006 (45%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Arcadia in?

El Monte Union High School District and Arcadia Unified School District. Parts of the city are in El Monte City School District.

How do I register to vote in Arcadia?

In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.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.