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The Port St. Lucie handbook

Living in Port St. Lucie, FL: what to set up and who to call

Port St. Lucie spans 6 ZIP codes; 34953 holds the most residents (38%). Xfinity and AT&T both wire most of Port St. Lucie; 75% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie.

Electricity

Power comes from FPL

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Port St. Lucie. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Port St Lucie Utilities

Port St Lucie Utilities supplies Port St. Lucie: about 94% of residents live in its service area. St. Lucie West Services District serves another 6%. It draws ground water and serves 224,485 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 percentile4.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 4.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 89% 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. FL4560954.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Port St. Lucie

99% of 90,932 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 75% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber87%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless86%5,000/5,000
Wire 3Fiber15%10,000/10,000
Home Town Cable TVFiber, Cable10%1,000/1,000
Blue StreamFiber, Cable7%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless67%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Port St. Lucie

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

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCollected once a month on the same day as regular pickup; limit 2 cubic yards. Additional pickup available for $18.50 per cubic yard by calling 1PSL at 772-871-1775 and pressing 5.

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cityofpsl.com →

From cityofpsl.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated Jan. 5, 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.

Port St. Lucie kids go to
PK–515 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–89 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Port St. Lucie is in St. Lucie 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.

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

Port St. Lucie spans 6 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Port St. Lucie residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Port St. LucieZIP’s residents in Port St. Lucie
34953Port Saint Lucie, FL38%100%
34983Port Saint Lucie, FL20%92%
34952Port Saint Lucie, FL15%73%
34986Port Saint Lucie, FL13%87%
34984Port Saint Lucie, FL8%100%
34987Port Saint Lucie, FL7%93%

A few homes fall in 34945, 34982, 34990. 34985, 34988 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.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Port St. Lucie

Who supplies Port St. Lucie’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Port St Lucie Utilities (EPA ID FL4560954). 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 4.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Port St. Lucie?

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Port St. Lucie?

Xfinity, AT&T, Wire 3, Home Town Cable TV, Blue Stream, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Port St. Lucie?

34953 (38%), 34983 (20%), 34952 (15%), 34986 (13%), 34984 (8%), 34987 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Port St. Lucie in?

St. Lucie County School District.

How do I register to vote in Port St. Lucie?

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 St. Lucie 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: Port St. Lucie’s own website (cityofpsl.com), 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.