US Post Office-Burbank Downtown Station · Photo: Minnaert · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Burbank, CA: what to set up and who to call
Burbank runs its own electric utility, City of Burbank Water and Power; its homes paid 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025. The closest public drop-off to Burbank is Glendale Waste Collection Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Burbank, 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 Burbank.
Power comes from City of Burbank Water and Power
City of Burbank Water and Power (City of Burbank Water and Power - (CA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Burbank. Its homes paid an average of 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across California).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Burbank-City, Water Dept.
Burbank-City, Water Dept. supplies almost all of Burbank. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Glendale-City, Water Dept. and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. as sellers) and serves 105,603 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 60% 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. CA1910179.
6 home internet providers serve Burbank
98% of 24,199 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 41% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 95% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 64% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 44% | 300/20 |
| Starry | Fixed wireless | 5% | 300/100 |
| GeoLinks | Fixed wireless | 3% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Burbank depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Burbank, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on burbankca.gov →
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Burbank Recycle Center
500 S. Flower St., Burbank, CA 91502
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Newspapers
- Cans, emptied and rinsed (aluminum and tin/steel)
- Cans, aerosol, non-hazardous, and completely empty
- Glass bottles and jars, emptied and rinsed
- Magazines, catalogs, and phone books
- Junk mail, ads, office paper, cereal boxes (loose or in paper bags)
- Cardboard and paperboard (includes clean pizza boxes)
Burbank Recycle Center
500 S. Flower St., Burbank, CA 91502
From burbankca.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.
Burbank is in Burbank Unified School District.
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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Burbank spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Burbank residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Burbank | ZIP’s residents in Burbank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91505 | Burbank, CA | 30% | 98% |
| 91504 | Burbank, CA | 22% | 87% |
| 91501 | Burbank, CA | 20% | 100% |
| 91506 | Burbank, CA | 18% | 100% |
| 91502 | Burbank, CA | 11% | 100% |
91503, 91507, 91508, 91510, 91521, 91522, 91523, 91526 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Burbank
Who supplies Burbank’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Burbank-City, Water Dept. (EPA ID CA1910179). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Burbank?
City of Burbank Water and Power (City of Burbank Water and Power - (CA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Burbank?
Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Starry, GeoLinks (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Burbank?
91505 (30%), 91504 (22%), 91501 (20%), 91506 (18%), 91502 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Burbank in?
Burbank Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Burbank?
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: Burbank’s own website (burbankca.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.