Living in Oriole Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call
Oriole Beach has no town government of its own, so Santa Rosa County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Santa Rosa County School District. Gulf Breeze Hospital, 3.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oriole 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 Oriole Beach.
Water comes from Midway Water System, Inc.
Midway Water System, Inc. supplies Oriole Beach: about 70% of residents live in its service area. About 30% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Fairpoint Regional Utility System, Inc. as seller) and serves 21,196 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 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 71% 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. FL1570470.
4 home internet providers serve Oriole Beach
100% of 671 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 76% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 99% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 93% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 87% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Oriole Beach’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Oriole Beach.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Oriole Beach is in Santa Rosa 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Oriole Beach is unincorporated, so Santa Rosa County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Oriole Beach is in ZIP code 32563
ZIP codes where Oriole Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oriole Beach | ZIP’s residents in Oriole Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32563 | Gulf Breeze, FL | 100% | 6% |
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 Oriole Beach
Who supplies Oriole Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Midway Water System, Inc. (EPA ID FL1570470). 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 2.1 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Oriole Beach?
Mediacom Xtream, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Oriole Beach?
32563. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oriole Beach in?
Santa Rosa County School District.
How do I register to vote in Oriole 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 Santa Rosa 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: 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.