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The Rohnert Park handbook

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

The closest public drop-off to Rohnert Park is Recycle Town, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Trains stop in Rohnert Park.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Rohnert Park, 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 Rohnert Park.

Electricity

Power comes from PG&E

PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rohnert Park. Its homes paid an average of 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $174 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 66% of PG&E’s home customers do, and PG&E still delivers it.

Start or move service: pgecorp.com

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 City of Rohnert Park

City of Rohnert Park supplies Rohnert Park: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Sonoma County Water Agency as seller) and serves 43,821 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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. CA4910014.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Rohnert Park

100% of 12,234 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 13% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber84%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless62%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless22%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Rohnert Park depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Rohnert Park, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerRecology picks up at the curb for every homerpcity.ca.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your addressLook up your day on rpcity.ca.gov →
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Cartons
  • Glass
  • Plastic containers and lids
  • Metal cans
Recycling drop-off

Food Maxx Store

605 Rohnert Park Expy W

Recycling drop-off

Grocery Outlet

6335 Commerce Blvd

Recycling drop-off

Raleys Supermarket

100 Raleys Towne Ctr

From rpcity.ca.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Rohnert Park kids go to
K–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Rancho Cotate HighCotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District

Most of Rohnert Park (91%) is in Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District; parts are in Bellevue Union School District (4%) and Santa Rosa High School District (4%).

B−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 Jun 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Rohnert Park is in ZIP code 94928

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Rohnert ParkZIP’s residents in Rohnert Park
94928Rohnert Park, CA100%94%

A few homes fall in 95407. 94926, 94927 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code707Wikidata

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 Rohnert Park

Who supplies Rohnert Park’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

City of Rohnert Park (EPA ID CA4910014). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% 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 Rohnert Park?

PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Rohnert Park?

Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Rohnert Park?

94928. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Rohnert Park in?

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Bellevue Union School District and Santa Rosa High School District.

How do I register to vote in Rohnert Park?

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 Sonoma 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.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Rohnert Park’s own website (rpcity.ca.gov), 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.