Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0Living in Cape Canaveral, FL: what to set up and who to call
All of Cape Canaveral gets its mail under one ZIP code, 32920. For emergencies, Cape Canaveral is closest to Cape Canaveral Hospital, 3.1 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cape Canaveral, 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 Cape Canaveral.
Power comes from FPL
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cape Canaveral. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Cocoa water system
The City of Cocoa water system supplies almost all of Cape Canaveral. It draws surface water and serves 294,039 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2022, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.1 ppb. That’s higher than 70% 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. FL3050223.
4 home internet providers serve Cape Canaveral
97% of 2,645 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 28% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 53% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 40% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 19% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Waste Pro picks up trash in Cape Canaveral
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cape Canaveral, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check capecanaveral.gov →
From capecanaveral.gov, the town’s official site; wasteprousa.com, which cityofcapecanaveral.org links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 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.
Cape Canaveral is in Brevard County School District.
B+School 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 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Cape Canaveral is in ZIP code 32920
ZIP codes where Cape Canaveral residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cape Canaveral | ZIP’s residents in Cape Canaveral |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32920 | Cape Canaveral, FL | 99% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 32931.
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 Cape Canaveral
Who supplies Cape Canaveral’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Cocoa water system (EPA ID FL3050223). 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 2.2 ppb (Jan–Jun 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cape Canaveral?
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cape Canaveral?
Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cape Canaveral?
32920. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cape Canaveral in?
Brevard County School District.
How do I register to vote in Cape Canaveral?
In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Brevard Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
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: Cape Canaveral’s own website (capecanaveral.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (wasteprousa.com), 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 17, 2025 (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.