Photo: Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0Living in Hialeah, FL: what to set up and who to call
Hialeah spans 6 ZIP codes; 33012 holds the most residents (31%). Hialeah has a train station, Hialeah Market.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hialeah, 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 Hialeah.
Power comes from FPL
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hialeah. 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 Hialeah water system
The City of Hialeah water system supplies almost all of Hialeah. It draws ground water (EPA lists the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department as seller) and serves 238,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.4 ppb. That’s lower 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. FL4130604.
4 home internet providers serve Hialeah
100% of 37,044 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 48% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 44% | 1,000/75 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hialeah is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hialeah, 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 hialeahfl.gov
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic
- Aluminum and Steel Cans
- Newspaper
- Paperboard (Paper Towel Rolls, etc.)
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Magazine and Catalogs
- Office Paper
- Junk Mail
- Phone Books
- Brown Paper Bags
From hialeahfl.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025-26. 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.
Hialeah is in Dade 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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Hialeah spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hialeah residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hialeah | ZIP’s residents in Hialeah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33012 | Hialeah, FL | 31% | 97% |
| 33010 | Hialeah, FL | 20% | 100% |
| 33013 | Hialeah, FL | 14% | 100% |
| 33016 | Hialeah, FL | 14% | 67% |
| 33018 | Hialeah, FL | 11% | 46% |
| 33014 | Hialeah, FL | 11% | 61% |
A few homes fall in 33142, 33147. 33002, 33011, 33017 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Hialeah
Who supplies Hialeah’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Hialeah water system (EPA ID FL4130604). 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 0.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hialeah?
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hialeah?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hialeah?
33012 (31%), 33010 (20%), 33013 (14%), 33016 (14%), 33018 (11%), 33014 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hialeah in?
Dade County School District.
How do I register to vote in Hialeah?
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 Miami-Dade 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: Hialeah’s own website (hialeahfl.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 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.