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Fountain in front of the Edwards Theater, at Towncenter and Theater Drives in Santa Clarita — Los Angeles County, year 2000Photo: Mrrxx · CC BY-SA 2.5
The Santa Clarita handbook

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

Santa Clarita spans 7 ZIP codes; 91387 holds the most residents (19%). Santa Clarita has a train station, Newhall.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Santa Clarita, 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 Santa Clarita.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Santa Clarita. 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 Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency supplies Santa Clarita: about 20% of residents live in its service area. About 80% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 294,090 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 84 systems serving 250,001–500,000 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. CA1910240.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Santa Clarita

99% of 55,582 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 15% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber87%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless29%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless27%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Santa Clarita’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Santa Clarita.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Santa Clarita kids go to
K–629 schoolsDepends on your address
7–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–126 high schoolsDepends on your address

Santa Clarita is in William S. Hart Union High School District; parts are in Saugus Union Elementary School District (43%) and Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School District (29%) and Newhall Elementary School District (22%) and Castaic Union School District (4%).

ASchool 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

Santa Clarita spans 7 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Santa ClaritaZIP’s residents in Santa Clarita
91387Canyon Country, CA19%97%
91350Santa Clarita, CA18%100%
91351Canyon Country, CA15%97%
91321Newhall, CA15%99%
91355Valencia, CA14%100%
91354Valencia, CA13%88%
91390Santa Clarita, CA6%65%

91380, 91382, 91383 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code661Wikidata

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 Santa Clarita

Who supplies Santa Clarita’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (EPA ID CA1910240). 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 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Santa Clarita?

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 Santa Clarita?

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

What ZIP codes are in Santa Clarita?

91387 (19%), 91350 (18%), 91351 (15%), 91321 (15%), 91355 (14%), 91354 (13%), 91390 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Santa Clarita in?

William S. Hart Union High School District. Parts of the city are in Saugus Union Elementary School District and Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School District and Newhall Elementary School District and Castaic Union School District.

How do I register to vote in Santa Clarita?

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: 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.