Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Living in Berea, KY: what to set up and who to call
Berea runs its own electric utility, City of Berea Municipal Utility; its homes paid 9.5¢ per kWh in 2025. Tap water in most of Berea comes from Berea Municipal Utilities, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Berea, 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 Berea.
Power comes from City of Berea Municipal Utility
City of Berea Municipal Utility (City of Berea Municipal Utility), a municipal utility, serves 67.2% of Berea residents. Its homes paid an average of 9.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $104 a month (its average across Kentucky).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Berea Municipal Utilities
Berea Municipal Utilities supplies Berea: about 65% of residents live in its service area. Southern Madison Water District serves another 36%. About 19% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 9,972 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. KY0760030.
6 home internet providers serve Berea
100% of 5,247 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Kinetic | Fiber, DSL | 89% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 89% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 41% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Berea
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Berea, from the town’s own site.
Berea Transfer Station
290 Estridge Rd, Berea KY 40403
- Mon8:30 am–4:30 pm
- Tue8:30 am–4:30 pm
- Wed8:30 am–4:30 pm
- Thu8:30 am–4:30 pm
- Fri8:30 am–4:30 pm
- Sat8:30 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- #1 and #2 Plastic Bottles, Jugs & Jars
- Glass Bottles & Jars
- Steel & Aluminum Cans, Cannisters and Lids
- Dry Cardboard & Paperboard
- Food & Beverage Cartons
- Paper mail
- Magazines and catalogs
- Newspaper
- Office paper
From bereaky.gov, 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 Berea (77%) is in Madison County School District; parts are in Berea Independent School District (23%).
BSchool 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Berea spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Berea residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Berea | ZIP’s residents in Berea |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40403 | Berea, KY | 95% | 55% |
| 40404 | Berea, KY | 5% | 100% |
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 Berea
Who supplies Berea’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Berea Municipal Utilities (EPA ID KY0760030). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Berea?
City of Berea Municipal Utility (City of Berea Municipal Utility), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 9.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Berea?
Spectrum, Kinetic, Metronet, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Berea?
40403 (95%), 40404 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Berea in?
Madison County School District. Parts of the city are in Berea Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Berea?
In Kentucky 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 Madison County Clerk. Check your registration at vrsws.sos.ky.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: Berea’s own website (bereaky.gov), 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.