Photo: RifeIdeas · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Cedar Falls, IA: what to set up and who to call
Cedar Falls runs its own electric utility, Cedar Falls Utilities; its homes paid 11.6¢ per kWh in 2025. For a library card, the closest branch is Cedar Falls Public Library, 1.1 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cedar Falls, 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 Cedar Falls.
Power comes from Cedar Falls Utilities
Cedar Falls Utilities (Cedar Falls Utilities), a municipal utility, serves all of Cedar Falls. Its homes paid an average of 11.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $97 a month (its average across Iowa).
Start or move service: cfu.net · (319) 266-1761
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cedar Falls Municipal Water Utilities
Cedar Falls Municipal Water Utilities supplies Cedar Falls: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 40,713 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.6 ppb. That’s higher than 56% 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. IA0709084.
9 home internet providers serve Cedar Falls
100% of 13,091 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Falls Utilties | Fiber | 100% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 91% | 1,000/50 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 20% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 92% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 75% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 55% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Cedar Falls
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cedar Falls, from the town’s own site.
Cedar Falls Transfer Station
1524 State Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard
- Newsprint
- Magazines
- Office Paper
- Phone Books (accepted May-August)
Cedar Falls Recycling Center
1524 State Street, Cedar Falls, IA
From cedarfalls.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.
Most of Cedar Falls (90%) is in Cedar Falls Community School District; parts are in Waterloo Community School District (8%) and Hudson Community School District (2%).
A−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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Cedar Falls is in ZIP code 50613
ZIP codes where Cedar Falls residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cedar Falls | ZIP’s residents in Cedar Falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50613 | Cedar Falls, IA | 100% | 93% |
A few homes fall in 50701. 50614 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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 Cedar Falls
Who supplies Cedar Falls’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cedar Falls Municipal Water Utilities (EPA ID IA0709084). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cedar Falls?
Cedar Falls Utilities (Cedar Falls Utilities), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cedar Falls?
Cedar Falls Utilties, Mediacom Xtream, CenturyLink, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cedar Falls?
50613. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cedar Falls in?
Cedar Falls Community School District. Parts of the city are in Waterloo Community School District and Hudson Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Cedar Falls?
In Iowa you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Black Hawk County Auditor. Check your registration at sos.iowa.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: Cedar Falls’ own website (cedarfalls.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 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.