Photo: Aaronazzarito · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Garden City, ID: what to set up and who to call
Garden City spans 2 ZIP codes; 83714 holds the most residents (94%). For home internet, most of Garden City can choose between Sparklight and CenturyLink.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Garden City, 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 Garden City.
Power comes from Idaho Power
Idaho Power (Idaho Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Garden City. Its homes paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Idaho).
Start or move service: idahopower.com · (800) 488-6151
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Garden City Water and Sewer System
Garden City Water and Sewer System supplies Garden City: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Veolia Water Idaho serves another 18%. About 16% 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 12,500 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. ID4010066.
9 home internet providers serve Garden City
99% of 5,120 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 43% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable | 99% | 1,000/50 |
| CenturyLink | DSL, Fiber | 79% | 140/20 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 40% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Silver Star Communications | DSL, Fiber | 6% | 50/10 |
| Quantum Fiber | Fiber | 6% | 2,000/1,000 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 76% | 50/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Garden City: every other week
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Garden City, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check gardencityidaho.org →
From gardencityidaho.org, the town’s official site; republicservices.com, which gardencityidaho.org links to for trash, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 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 Garden City (84%) is in Boise City Independent School District 1; parts are in Meridian Joint School District 2 (16%).
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 Aug 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Garden City spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Garden City residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Garden City | ZIP’s residents in Garden City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83714 | Garden City, ID | 94% | 44% |
| 83703 | Boise, ID | 6% | 4% |
A few homes fall in 83706.
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 Garden City
Who supplies Garden City’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Garden City Water and Sewer System (EPA ID ID4010066). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Garden City?
Idaho Power (Idaho Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Garden City?
Sparklight, CenturyLink, TDS Telecom, Silver Star Communications, Quantum Fiber, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Garden City?
83714 (94%), 83703 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Garden City in?
Boise City Independent School District 1. Parts of the city are in Meridian Joint School District 2.
How do I register to vote in Garden City?
In Idaho you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 11 days before). Elections here are run by the Ada County Clerk. Check your registration at elections.sos.idaho.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: Garden City’s own website (gardencityidaho.org) and the hauler or county pages it links to (republicservices.com), read Oct 23, 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 Sep 12, 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.