Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Neola, IA: what to set up and who to call
Neola runs its own electric utility, City of Neola. For an emergency, CHI Health Missouri Valley is the closest ER, 15.8 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Neola, 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 Neola.
Power comes from City of Neola
City of Neola (City of Neola - (IA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Neola.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Neola Light & Water
Neola Light & Water supplies almost all of Neola. It draws ground water and serves 906 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 4.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 11.9 ppb. That’s higher than 90% 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. IA7853043.
6 home internet providers serve Neola
100% of 393 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Company | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 90% | 10/1 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 93% | 100/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 49% | 1,000/500 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 14% | 25/3 |
| Western Iowa Wireless | Fixed wireless | 3% | 300/100 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Neola’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Neola.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Neola is in Tri-Center Community School District.
Test scores and every school: see 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.
Neola is in ZIP code 51559
ZIP codes where Neola residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Neola | ZIP’s residents in Neola |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51559 | Neola, IA | 100% | 48% |
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 Neola
Who supplies Neola’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Neola Light & Water (EPA ID IA7853043). 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 4.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Neola?
City of Neola (City of Neola - (IA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Neola?
Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Company, CenturyLink, T-Mobile, Nextlink, AT&T, Western Iowa Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Neola?
51559. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Neola in?
Tri-Center Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Neola?
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 Pottawattamie 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.