Wyandotte National Burying Ground, Eliza Burton Conley Burial Site · Photo: Mark Michalovic · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Kansas City, KS: what to set up and who to call
Kansas City runs its own electric utility, City of Kansas City; its homes paid 14.9¢ per kWh in 2025. Kansas City Board of Public Utilities has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.5 ppb, was higher than 95% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kansas 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 Kansas City.
Power comes from City of Kansas City
City of Kansas City (City of Kansas City - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 93.1% of Kansas City residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $120 a month (its average across Kansas State).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities supplies almost all of Kansas City. It draws ground water influenced by surface water and serves 152,960 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 7.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 95% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KS2020906.
9 home internet providers serve Kansas City
98% of 52,438 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 90% | 1,000/35 |
| Google Fiber | Fiber | 89% | 8,000/8,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 74% | 100/20 |
| PCs for People | Fixed wireless, Cable | 14% | 50/10 |
| Everfast Fiber | Fiber, Cable | 13% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Midco | Cable, Fiber | 9% | 1,250/60 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Kansas City depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kansas City, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
Accepted at the curb
- Clean paper
- Cardboard
- Cans
- Plastics
Recycling & Yard Waste Center
3241 Park Drive, Kansas City, KS 66102
From wycokck.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 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 Kansas City (54%) is in Kansas City Unified School District 500; parts are in Piper-Kansas City Unified School District 203 (25%) and Turner Unified School District 202 (14%) and Bonner Springs Unified School District 204 (6%).
D−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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Kansas City spans 9 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Kansas City residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kansas City | ZIP’s residents in Kansas City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66102 | Kansas City, KS | 20% | 100% |
| 66104 | Kansas City, KS | 18% | 100% |
| 66109 | Kansas City, KS | 17% | 100% |
| 66106 | Kansas City, KS | 15% | 100% |
| 66101 | Kansas City, KS | 9% | 100% |
| 66103 | Kansas City, KS | 8% | 100% |
| 66112 | Kansas City, KS | 8% | 100% |
| 66111 | Kansas City, KS | 4% | 55% |
| 66105 | Kansas City, KS | 2% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 66160, 66012, 66216, 66118. 66110, 66115, 66117, 66119 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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 Kansas City
Who supplies Kansas City’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (EPA ID KS2020906). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 7.5 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Kansas City?
City of Kansas City (City of Kansas City - (KS)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 14.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Kansas City?
Spectrum, Google Fiber, AT&T, PCs for People, Everfast Fiber, Midco (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kansas City?
66102 (20%), 66104 (18%), 66109 (17%), 66106 (15%), 66101 (9%), 66103 (8%), 66112 (8%), 66111 (4%), 66105 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kansas City in?
Kansas City Unified School District 500. Parts of the city are in Piper-Kansas City Unified School District 203 and Turner Unified School District 202 and Bonner Springs Unified School District 204.
How do I register to vote in Kansas City?
In Kansas State you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Wyandotte County Election Office. Check your registration at myvoteinfo.voteks.org.
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: Kansas City’s own website (wycokck.org), 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 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.