Photo: JPxG · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lebec, CA: what to set up and who to call
Lebec County Water District reported 7 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: uranium ×7. 78% of systems its size reported none. Lebec has no town government of its own, so Kern County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend El Tejon Unified School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lebec, 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 Lebec.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 54.2% of Lebec residents. 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 Lebec County Water District
Lebec County Water District supplies Lebec: about 48% of residents live in its service area. Krista Mutual Water Company serves another 37%. Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency serves another 13%. About 20% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 1,379 people in all.
7 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: uranium ×7, the latest beginning Jul 2025. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.9 ppb. That’s higher than 74% 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. CA1510051.
Which providers serve Lebec
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lebec, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Lebec’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lebec.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lebec is in El Tejon Unified School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lebec is unincorporated, so Kern County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lebec is in ZIP code 93243
ZIP codes where Lebec residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lebec | ZIP’s residents in Lebec |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93243 | Lebec, CA | 100% | 89% |
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 Lebec
Who supplies Lebec’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lebec County Water District (EPA ID CA1510051). It reported 7 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: uranium ×7. 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lebec?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lebec?
93243. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lebec in?
El Tejon Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Lebec?
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 Kern County Clerk - Elections Office. 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): pending.