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The Tyrone handbook

Living in Tyrone, GA: what to set up and who to call

All of Tyrone gets its mail under one ZIP code, 30290. Children in Tyrone attend Fayette County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Tyrone, 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 Tyrone.

Electricity

Power comes from Georgia Power

Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Tyrone. Its homes paid an average of 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $161 a month (its average across Georgia).

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 Fayette County water system

The Fayette County water system supplies Tyrone: about 19% of residents live in its service area. Fairburn serves another 19%. Coweta Water & Sewer Auth. serves another 11%. About 47% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Clayton County Water Authority and Fayetteville and Atlanta as sellers) and serves 86,934 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. GA1130001.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Tyrone

100% of 2,917 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable96%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless92%5,000/5,000
WOW!Cable84%1,200/50
VerizonFixed wireless63%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless60%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Tyrone

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerAMWaste picks up at the curb for every hometyronega.gov
What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to book

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check tyronega.gov →

From tyronega.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated March 6, 2023. 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.

Tyrone kids go to
PK–514 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your address

Tyrone is in Fayette County School District.

ASchool 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 Jul 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Tyrone is in ZIP code 30290

ZIP codes where Tyrone residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of TyroneZIP’s residents in Tyrone
30290Tyrone, GA99%82%

A few homes fall in 30214, 30213.

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 Tyrone

Who supplies Tyrone’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Fayette County water system (EPA ID GA1130001). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Tyrone?

Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Tyrone?

Xfinity, AT&T, WOW!, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Tyrone?

30290. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Tyrone in?

Fayette County School District.

How do I register to vote in Tyrone?

In Georgia 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 Fayette County Board of Elections and Voter Registration. Check your registration at mvp.sos.ga.gov.

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: Tyrone’s own website (tyronega.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 18, 2024 (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.