Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY 4.0Living in Winter Garden, FL: what to set up and who to call
All of Winter Garden gets its mail under one ZIP code, 34787. Public schools here are run by Orange County School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Winter Garden, 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 Winter Garden.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Winter Garden. 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 Winter Garden Water Dept (3 Wps)
Winter Garden Water Dept (3 Wps) supplies Winter Garden: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 72,205 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 3.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 84% 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. FL3481481.
7 home internet providers serve Winter Garden
98% of 15,771 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 56% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 43% | 5,000/5,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL, Fiber | 38% | 100/10 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 22% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Quantum Fiber | Fiber | 21% | 2,000/1,000 |
| 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 and recycling in Winter Garden
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Winter Garden, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cwgdn.com →
From cwgdn.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Winter Garden is in Orange 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 Feb 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Winter Garden is in ZIP code 34787
ZIP codes where Winter Garden residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Winter Garden | ZIP’s residents in Winter Garden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34787 | Winter Garden, FL | 100% | 53% |
A few homes fall in 34761. 34777, 34778 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Winter Garden
Who supplies Winter Garden’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Winter Garden Water Dept (3 Wps) (EPA ID FL3481481). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.1 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Winter Garden?
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 Winter Garden?
Spectrum, AT&T, CenturyLink, Metronet, Quantum Fiber, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Winter Garden?
34787. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Winter Garden in?
Orange County School District.
How do I register to vote in Winter Garden?
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 Orange 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: Winter Garden’s own website (cwgdn.com), 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.