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The Kissimmee handbook

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

Kissimmee runs its own electric utility, Kissimmee Utility Authority; its homes paid 11.7¢ per kWh in 2025. Kissimmee has its own train station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Kissimmee, 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 Kissimmee.

Electricity

Power comes from Kissimmee Utility Authority

Kissimmee Utility Authority (Kissimmee Utility Authority), a municipal utility, serves all of Kissimmee. Its homes paid an average of 11.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $132 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: kua.com · (407) 933-7777

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 Toho Water Authority Eastern

Toho Water Authority Eastern supplies almost all of Kissimmee. It draws ground water (EPA lists St. Cloud, City of (3 Wps) as seller) and serves 110,102 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2023, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 65% 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. FL3490751.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Kissimmee

98% of 19,935 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
AT&TFiber, Fixed wireless49%5,000/5,000
CenturyLinkDSL, Fiber34%940/940
Quantum FiberFiber32%8,000/8,000
Tillman FiberFiber7%2,000/2,000
Summit BroadbandFiber2%2,000/2,000

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Kissimmee depends on your street

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

Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Aluminum, tin, & steel
  • Paper
  • Magazines
  • Junk mail
  • Plastic bottles and containers #1 through #7 (remove lids).
  • Cardboard boxes and cartons (flatten all boxes)
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsFurniture, appliances, mattresses, swing sets, large boxes and large tree trimmings are collected without scheduling, except certain multi-unit residential properties; place curbside by 7 am on your bulk pickup day (find day via city lookup); call 407-518-2507 if planning to leave bulk waste out

From kissimmee.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. 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.

Kissimmee kids go to
PK–58 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Osceola High SchoolOsceola County School District

Kissimmee is in Osceola County School District.

CSchool 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

Kissimmee spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of KissimmeeZIP’s residents in Kissimmee
34741Kissimmee, FL63%88%
34744Kissimmee, FL17%22%
34743Kissimmee, FL10%21%
34746Kissimmee, FL10%14%

34742, 34745 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.

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 Kissimmee

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

Toho Water Authority Eastern (EPA ID FL3490751). 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 0.6 ppb (Jan–Jun 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Kissimmee?

Kissimmee Utility Authority (Kissimmee Utility Authority), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Kissimmee?

Spectrum, AT&T, CenturyLink, Quantum Fiber, Tillman Fiber, Summit Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Kissimmee?

34741 (63%), 34744 (17%), 34743 (10%), 34746 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Kissimmee in?

Osceola County School District.

How do I register to vote in Kissimmee?

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 Osceola 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: Kissimmee’s own website (kissimmee.gov), read Oct 23, 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.