Photo: Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in La Puente, CA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in La Puente goes to 91744 (84% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. Most homes in La Puente have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and Frontier.
I’m new in town
What to set up in La Puente, 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 La Puente.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of La Puente. 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.
Water comes from Suburban Water Systems-San Jose
Suburban Water Systems-San Jose supplies La Puente: about 48% of residents live in its service area. La Puente Valley Cwd serves another 22%. San Gabriel Valley Water Co.-El Monte serves another 18%. About 14% 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 Valley County Water Dist. and La Puente Valley Cwd and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Pomona - City, Water Dept. and Covina Valley Water Company - Wholesale as sellers) and serves 168,843 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. CA1910205.
5 home internet providers serve La Puente
98% of 7,349 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 87% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 75% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 58% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 25% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in La Puente
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in La Puente, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check lapuente.org →
From lapuente.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-04-08, 2026-04-10. 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 La Puente (77%) is in Hacienda La Puente Unified School District; parts are in Rowland Unified School District (12%) and Bassett Unified School District (9%).
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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
La Puente spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where La Puente residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of La Puente | ZIP’s residents in La Puente |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91744 | La Puente, CA | 84% | 39% |
| 91746 | La Puente, CA | 16% | 21% |
91747, 91749 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in La Puente
Who supplies La Puente’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Suburban Water Systems-San Jose (EPA ID CA1910205). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in La Puente?
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 La Puente?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in La Puente?
91744 (84%), 91746 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is La Puente in?
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Rowland Unified School District and Bassett Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in La Puente?
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: La Puente’s own website (lapuente.org), 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.