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Dubois County Courthouse in Jasper, Indiana, July 2014Photo: Touch em all 4 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Jasper handbook

Living in Jasper, IN: what to set up and who to call

Jasper runs its own electric utility, City of Jasper; its homes paid 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025. Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools runs the public schools in Jasper.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Jasper, 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 Jasper.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Jasper

City of Jasper (City of Jasper - (IN)), a municipal utility, serves 94.0% of Jasper residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $105 a month (its average across Indiana).

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 Jasper Municipal Water Utility

Jasper Municipal Water Utility supplies almost all of Jasper. It draws surface water and serves 17,440 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 78% 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. IN5219009.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Jasper

98% of 6,269 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber95%1,000/35
Smithville TelecomFiber91%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL46%10/1
Orange County REMCFixed wireless, Fiber33%1,000/1,000
Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone CooperativeFiber6%1,000/100
VerizonFixed wireless85%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Jasper’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Jasper.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Jasper kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Jasper Middle SchoolGreater Jasper Consolidated Schools
9–12Jasper High SchoolGreater Jasper Consolidated Schools

Jasper is in Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools.

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 Jun 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Jasper is in ZIP code 47546

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of JasperZIP’s residents in Jasper
47546Jasper, IN100%74%

47547, 47549 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code812Wikidata

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 Jasper

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

Jasper Municipal Water Utility (EPA ID IN5219009). 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 2.9 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Jasper?

City of Jasper (City of Jasper - (IN)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Jasper?

Spectrum, Smithville Telecom, Frontier, Orange County REMC, Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Jasper?

47546. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Jasper in?

Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools.

How do I register to vote in Jasper?

In Indiana 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 Dubois County Circuit Court Clerk. Check your registration at indianavoters.in.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.