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The Lansing handbook

Living in Lansing, KS: what to set up and who to call

Lansing spans 2 ZIP codes; 66043 holds the most residents (96%). The nearest library is Lansing Community Library, 0.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lansing, 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 Lansing.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lansing. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $124 a month (its average across Kansas).

Start or move service: evergy.com

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 Lan Del Water District

Lan Del Water District supplies Lansing: about 82% of residents live in its service area. Leavenworth Co RWD 8 serves another 14%. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Leavenworth Water Department and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities as sellers) and serves 7,302 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 61% 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. KS2010313.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Lansing

95% of 3,302 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/35
AT&TFiber, Fixed wireless, DSL94%5,000/5,000
ClearWaveFiber88%7,000/7,000
VerizonFixed wireless79%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless31%100/20
WisperFixed wireless16%400/30

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Lansing’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lansing.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Lansing kids go to
PK–3Lansing Elementary SchoolLansing Unified School District 469
6–8Lansing Middle 6-8Lansing Unified School District 469
9–12Lansing High 9-12Lansing Unified School District 469

Lansing is in Lansing Unified School District 469.

A−School 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Lansing spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LansingZIP’s residents in Lansing
66043Lansing, KS96%100%
66048Leavenworth, KS4%1%
Area code913Wikidata

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 Lansing

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

Lan Del Water District (EPA ID KS2010313). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.6 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lansing?

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Lansing?

Spectrum, AT&T, ClearWave, Verizon, T-Mobile, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lansing?

66043 (96%), 66048 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lansing in?

Lansing Unified School District 469.

How do I register to vote in Lansing?

In Kansas 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 Leavenworth County Clerk. 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: 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.