Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Fort Walton Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call
Fort Walton Beach spans 2 ZIP codes; 32548 holds the most residents (84%). Fort Walton Beach Library, at 185 Miracle Strip Parkway Southeast, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fort Walton Beach, 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 Fort Walton Beach.
Water comes from City of Fort Walton Beach water system
The City of Fort Walton Beach water system supplies Fort Walton Beach: about 83% of residents live in its service area. Okaloosa Co.wtr.; Swr.system serves another 16%. It draws ground water (EPA lists Okaloosa Co.wtr. and SWR.SYSTEM as sellers) and serves 24,113 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 60% 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. FL1460144.
6 home internet providers serve Fort Walton Beach
97% of 8,061 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 2,000/100 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL, Fiber | 22% | 60/5 |
| LiveOak Fiber | Fiber | 19% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 87% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Fort Walton Beach is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Fort Walton Beach, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Thu or Fri)Look up your day on fwb.org
- RecyclingEvery week, day by address
- Bulky itemsCall to book, Fri
Accepted at the curb
- Paper products (newspaper, magazines, copy paper, envelopes, etc)
- Food and beverage cans
- Glass bottles and containers
- Flattened cardboard boxes
- Plastic bottles and containers
- "To go" paper and plastic cups
- Plastic bottle caps and lids
From fwb.org, the town’s official site, 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.
Fort Walton Beach 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.
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.
Fort Walton Beach spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Fort Walton Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fort Walton Beach | ZIP’s residents in Fort Walton Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32548 | Fort Walton Beach, FL | 84% | 78% |
| 32547 | Fort Walton Beach, FL | 16% | 10% |
A few homes fall in 32569. 32549 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Fort Walton Beach
Who supplies Fort Walton Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Fort Walton Beach water system (EPA ID FL1460144). 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 1.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Fort Walton Beach?
Cox Communications, AT&T, CenturyLink, LiveOak Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fort Walton Beach?
32548 (84%), 32547 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fort Walton Beach in?
Okaloosa County School District.
How do I register to vote in Fort Walton Beach?
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: Fort Walton Beach’s own website (fwb.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.