Photo: Jayhawk1776 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Winfield, KS: what to set up and who to call
Winfield runs its own electric utility, City of Winfield; its homes paid 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025. Cox Communications and IdeaTek both wire most of Winfield; 83% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Winfield, 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 Winfield.
Power comes from City of Winfield
City of Winfield (City of Winfield - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 94.3% of Winfield residents. Its homes paid an average of 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $110 a month (its average across Kansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Winfield water system
The City of Winfield water system supplies almost all of Winfield. It draws surface water and serves 11,726 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 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.0 ppb. That’s higher than 83% 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. KS2003513.
10 home internet providers serve Winfield
100% of 4,696 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 2,000/100 |
| IdeaTek | Fiber | 93% | 2,500/2,500 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 29% | 100/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 100% | 400/100 |
| KanOkla Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 60% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Winfield
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Winfield, from the town’s own site.
Arkansas City/Winfield Recycling Center
- Fri8 am–noon
- Sat8 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Plastics Bottles & Containers #3 - #7 (Food Trays, Spray Bottles & Butter Tubs)
- Aluminum Cans (Soda & Beer Cans)
- Steel/Tin Cans (Soup & Vegetable Cans)
- Mixed Paper (Newspaper, Magazines, Catalogs, Books, Phonebooks, & Junk Mail)
- Paperboard (Cereal Box, Soda Pop Box's, Packing Paper, Egg Cartons, & Etc.)
- Glass Bottles, Jugs & Jars (Any Color)
Arkansas City/Winfield Recycling Center
7th Avenue and D Street in Strother Field
Compost Facility
320 Broad Street Winfield, KS 67156
From winfieldks.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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 Winfield (80%) is in Winfield Unified School District 465; parts are in Central Unified School District 462 (20%).
C−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 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Winfield is in ZIP code 67156
ZIP codes where Winfield residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Winfield | ZIP’s residents in Winfield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67156 | Winfield, KS | 100% | 81% |
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 Winfield
Who supplies Winfield’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Winfield water system (EPA ID KS2003513). 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 3.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Winfield?
City of Winfield (City of Winfield - (KS)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Winfield?
Cox Communications, IdeaTek, AT&T, Nextlink, KanOkla Communications, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Winfield?
67156. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Winfield in?
Winfield Unified School District 465. Parts of the city are in Central Unified School District 462.
How do I register to vote in Winfield?
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 Cowley 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: Winfield’s own website (winfieldks.org), read Oct 21, 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.