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The Perris handbook

Living in Perris, CA: what to set up and who to call

Most mail in Perris goes to 92571 (74% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. Perris has a train station, Cottonwood Station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Perris, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Perris.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Perris. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Eastern Municipal WD water system

The Eastern Municipal WD water system supplies Perris: about 89% of residents live in its service area. About 11% 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 Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Elsinore Valley Mwd and Lake Hemet Mwd and Rancho California Water District and Western Mwd as sellers) and serves 666,581 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 93% of the 42 systems serving 500,001–1,000,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 64% 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. CA3310009.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Perris

98% of 17,954 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/35
FrontierFiber, DSL92%7,000/7,000
Southern California TelephoneFixed wireless68%75/15
AT&TFixed wireless39%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless35%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless32%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Perris’ trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Perris.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Perris kids go to
K–611 schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Perris is in Perris Union High School District; parts are in Perris Elementary School District (36%) and Val Verde Unified School District (27%) and Perris Union High School District (9-12) (18%) and Romoland Elementary School District (14%) and Menifee Union School District (4%).

C+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Perris spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Perris residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of PerrisZIP’s residents in Perris
92571Perris, CA74%98%
92570Perris, CA26%34%

A few homes fall in 92585, 92587. 92572, 92599 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code951Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Perris

Who supplies Perris’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Eastern Municipal WD water system (EPA ID CA3310009). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 93% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Perris?

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 Perris?

Spectrum, Frontier, Southern California Telephone, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Perris?

92571 (74%), 92570 (26%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Perris in?

Perris Union High School District. Parts of the city are in Perris Elementary School District and Val Verde Unified School District and Perris Union High School District (9-12) and Romoland Elementary School District and Menifee Union School District.

How do I register to vote in Perris?

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 Riverside 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.
  • 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.