Photo: Clément Bardot · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Tampa, FL: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Tampa goes to 33647 (14% of residents), one of 17 ZIP codes in town. Tampa has a train station, Congo Station (WestBound Only).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Tampa, 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 Tampa.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Tampa. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $185 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: progress-energy.com · (800) 700-8744
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Tampa Water Department
City of Tampa Water Department supplies almost all of Tampa. It draws surface water (EPA lists Tampa Bay Water Reg. Surface Water Plant and Tampa Bay Water Morris Bridge Pump Stati as sellers) and serves 733,886 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 93% of the 42 systems serving 500,001–1,000,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.8 ppb. That’s lower 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. FL6290327.
6 home internet providers serve Tampa
97% of 110,236 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 88% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| Rapid Systems | Fixed wireless | 79% | 50/10 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 67% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 59% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Tampa depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Tampa, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on tampa.gov →
Tampa Drop-off
114 South 34th Street, Tampa, FL 33605
- Mon7 am–5:30 pm
- Tue7 am–5:30 pm
- Wed7 am–3:30 pm
- Thu7 am–5:30 pm
- Fri7 am–5:30 pm
- Sat7 am–3:30 pm
From tampa.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-06-10T08:59:59-04:00, 2026-09-10T10:45:22-04:00. 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.
Tampa is in Hillsborough County School District.
C+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 Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Tampa spans 17 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Tampa residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Tampa | ZIP’s residents in Tampa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33647 | Tampa, FL | 14% | 77% |
| 33604 | Tampa, FL | 10% | 100% |
| 33611 | Tampa, FL | 9% | 100% |
| 33612 | Tampa, FL | 7% | 54% |
| 33629 | Tampa, FL | 7% | 100% |
| 33610 | Tampa, FL | 7% | 58% |
| 33607 | Tampa, FL | 6% | 100% |
| 33606 | Tampa, FL | 6% | 100% |
| 33602 | Tampa, FL | 5% | 100% |
| 33603 | Tampa, FL | 5% | 100% |
| 33605 | Tampa, FL | 5% | 100% |
| 33617 | Tampa, FL | 5% | 37% |
| 33609 | Tampa, FL | 5% | 100% |
| 33616 | Tampa, FL | 4% | 100% |
| 33614 | Tampa, FL | 3% | 23% |
| 33620 | Tampa, FL | 1% | 100% |
| 33619 | Tampa, FL | 1% | 10% |
A few homes fall in 33621, 33637, 33613, 33618. 33601, 33608, 33622, 33623, 33630, 33631, 33633, 33646, 33650, 33655, 33660, 33661, 33662, 33663, 33664, 33672, 33673, 33674, 33675, 33677, 33679, 33680, 33681, 33682, 33684, 33685, 33686, 33687, 33688, 33689, 33694 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 Tampa
Who supplies Tampa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
City of Tampa Water Department (EPA ID FL6290327). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 93% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Tampa?
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Tampa?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, Rapid Systems, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Tampa?
33647 (14%), 33604 (10%), 33611 (9%), 33612 (7%), 33629 (7%), 33610 (7%), 33607 (6%), 33606 (6%), 33602 (5%), 33603 (5%), 33605 (5%), 33617 (5%), 33609 (5%), 33616 (4%), 33614 (3%), 33620 (1%), 33619 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Tampa in?
Hillsborough County School District.
How do I register to vote in Tampa?
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 Hillsborough 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: Tampa’s own website (tampa.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.