Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Laguna Hills, CA: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Laguna Hills is Ponce Recycling Center, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Cox Communications and AT&T both wire most of Laguna Hills; 7% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Laguna Hills, 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 Laguna Hills.
Water comes from Moulton Niguel Water District
Moulton Niguel Water District supplies Laguna Hills: about 71% of residents live in its service area. El Toro Water District serves another 29%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and South Coast Water District and Joint Regional Water Supply System and El Toro Water District and Irvine Ranch Water District as sellers) and serves 170,236 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 2022–Dec 2024, 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. CA3010073.
5 home internet providers serve Laguna Hills
99% of 7,809 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 7% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 2,000/100 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 80% | 100/20 |
| Cityside Fiber | Fiber | 6% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 73% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 60% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
CR&R picks up trash in Laguna Hills
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Laguna Hills, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard
- Glass containers and bottles
- Aluminum and tin cans
- Paper
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check lagunahillsca.gov →
From lagunahillsca.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 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.
Laguna Hills is in Saddleback Valley 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.
Laguna Hills spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Laguna Hills residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Laguna Hills | ZIP’s residents in Laguna Hills |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92653 | Laguna Hills, CA | 95% | 99% |
| 92656 | Aliso Viejo, CA | 5% | 3% |
92654 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 Laguna Hills
Who supplies Laguna Hills’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Moulton Niguel Water District (EPA ID CA3010073). 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 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Laguna Hills?
Cox Communications, AT&T, Cityside Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Laguna Hills?
92653 (95%), 92656 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Laguna Hills in?
Saddleback Valley Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Laguna Hills?
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 Orange County Registrar of Voters. 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.
- Trash: Laguna Hills’ own website (lagunahillsca.gov), read Oct 23, 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.