Photo: Charles Nixon / FortepanIowa · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Coon Rapids, IA: what to set up and who to call
Coon Rapids runs its own electric utility, City of Coon Rapids; its homes paid 9.8¢ per kWh in 2025. Tap water in Coon Rapids comes from Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Coon Rapids, 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 Coon Rapids.
Power comes from City of Coon Rapids
City of Coon Rapids (City of Coon Rapids -(IA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Coon Rapids. Its homes paid an average of 9.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $100 a month (its average across Iowa).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities
Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities supplies Coon Rapids: about 97% of residents live in its service area. About 3% 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 1,242 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. IA1427070.
4 home internet providers serve Coon Rapids
96% of 686 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic | DSL | 100% | 200/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 83% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 26% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Coon Rapids’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Coon Rapids.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Coon Rapids is in Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District.
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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Coon Rapids is in ZIP code 50058
ZIP codes where Coon Rapids residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Coon Rapids | ZIP’s residents in Coon Rapids |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50058 | Coon Rapids, IA | 100% | 69% |
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 Coon Rapids
Who supplies Coon Rapids’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities (EPA ID IA1427070). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Coon Rapids?
City of Coon Rapids (City of Coon Rapids -(IA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 9.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Coon Rapids?
Kinetic, T-Mobile, Verizon, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Coon Rapids?
50058. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Coon Rapids in?
Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Coon Rapids?
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 Carroll 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.