Photo: Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lake Worth Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call
Lake Worth Beach runs its own electric utility, City of Lake Worth Beach; its homes paid 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025. The closest public drop-off to Lake Worth Beach is Central County Transfer Station, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lake Worth 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 Lake Worth Beach.
Power comes from City of Lake Worth Beach
City of Lake Worth Beach (City of Lake Worth Beach - (FL)), a municipal utility, serves all of Lake Worth Beach. Its homes paid an average of 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $136 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: lakeworth.org · (561) 586-1665
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lake Worth Beach Utilities
Lake Worth Beach Utilities supplies almost all of Lake Worth Beach. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists West Palm Beach WTP and Palm Beach County Water Utilities as sellers) and serves 48,000 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 2025, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.8 ppb. 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. FL4500773.
4 home internet providers serve Lake Worth Beach
100% of 10,726 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 24% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 70% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 56% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 34% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 2 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lake Worth Beach.
Central County Transfer Station
· run by Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
This isn’t Lake Worth Beach’s own facility. Whether Lake Worth Beach residents may use it is the town’s rule: check lakeworthbeachfl.gov.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lake Worth Beach is in Palm Beach 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 Mar 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Lake Worth Beach spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lake Worth Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lake Worth Beach | ZIP’s residents in Lake Worth Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33460 | Lake Worth, FL | 86% | 100% |
| 33461 | Lake Worth, FL | 14% | 12% |
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 Lake Worth Beach
Who supplies Lake Worth Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lake Worth Beach Utilities (EPA ID FL4500773). 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 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lake Worth Beach?
City of Lake Worth Beach (City of Lake Worth Beach - (FL)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lake Worth Beach?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lake Worth Beach?
33460 (86%), 33461 (14%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lake Worth Beach in?
Palm Beach County School District.
How do I register to vote in Lake Worth 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 Palm Beach 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.