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The Crestview handbook

Living in Crestview, FL: what to set up and who to call

Crestview spans 2 ZIP codes; 32536 holds the most residents (64%). For home internet, most of Crestview can choose between Cox Communications and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Crestview, 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 Crestview.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Crestview, City of Water Dept.

Crestview, City of Water Dept. supplies Crestview: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 3% 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 34,789 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 percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 54% 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. FL1460182.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Crestview

99% of 10,078 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable, Fiber96%2,000/100
AT&TFiber, Fixed wireless75%5,000/5,000
LiveOak FiberFiber49%5,000/5,000
CenturyLinkDSL, Fiber37%40/3
VerizonFixed wireless80%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless11%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Adams Sanitation picks up trash in Crestview

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

Trash haulerAdams SanitationPicks up trash in Crestviewcityofcrestview.org
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspapers (including inserts)
  • Clean cardboard
  • Mixed paper
  • Clean aluminum cans
  • Plastic containers and bottles marked with codes 1 through 7
  • Clean glass bottles and jars
  • Clean tin and ferrous cans
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookBulk items 50 pounds or less placed by the curb are collected on trash collection days; larger items removed within 72 hours after being reported; bulk limited to 4 cubic yards once a quarter; additional bulk via Adams Sanitation App for a fee

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cityofcrestview.org →

From cityofcrestview.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated Oct. 1, 2024. 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.

Crestview kids go to
PK–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Crestview High SchoolOkaloosa County School District

Crestview is in Okaloosa County School District.

A−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 Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Crestview spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of CrestviewZIP’s residents in Crestview
32536Crestview, FL64%67%
32539Crestview, FL36%31%
Area code850Wikidata

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.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Crestview

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

Crestview, City of Water Dept. (EPA ID FL1460182). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

What internet providers serve Crestview?

Cox Communications, AT&T, LiveOak Fiber, CenturyLink, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Crestview?

32536 (64%), 32539 (36%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Crestview in?

Okaloosa County School District.

How do I register to vote in Crestview?

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 Okaloosa 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.
  • Trash: Crestview’s own website (cityofcrestview.org), 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.