Photo: Proarte · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lakewood, CA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Lakewood goes to 90712 (39% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. Angelo M. Iacoboni Library, at 4990 Clark Ave, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lakewood, 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 Lakewood.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lakewood. 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 Lakewood - City, Water Dept.
Lakewood - City, Water Dept. supplies Lakewood: about 74% of residents live in its service area. Gswc - Artesia serves another 25%. It draws ground water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. as seller) and serves 66,135 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, 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. CA1910239.
5 home internet providers serve Lakewood
100% of 23,352 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 80% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber, DSL | 61% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 61% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Lakewood is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lakewood, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)The town’s pickup map
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum, tin and steel cans
- Cardboard, flattened when possible
- Glass bottles and jars
- Mixed paper, including file folders and junk mail
- Newspapers, including inserts and coupons
- Telephone books and magazines
- White and colored paper
From lakewoodca.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated October 15, 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 Lakewood (57%) is in Long Beach Unified School District; parts are in Bellflower Unified School District (20%) and ABC Unified School District (18%) and Paramount Unified School District (5%).
BSchool 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.
Lakewood spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lakewood residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lakewood | ZIP’s residents in Lakewood |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90712 | Lakewood, CA | 39% | 100% |
| 90713 | Lakewood, CA | 35% | 100% |
| 90715 | Lakewood, CA | 25% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 90805. 90711, 90714 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 Lakewood
Who supplies Lakewood’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lakewood - City, Water Dept. (EPA ID CA1910239). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lakewood?
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 Lakewood?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lakewood?
90712 (39%), 90713 (35%), 90715 (25%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lakewood in?
Long Beach Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Bellflower Unified School District and ABC Unified School District and Paramount Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Lakewood?
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: Lakewood’s own website (lakewoodca.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.