Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Alexandria, LA: what to set up and who to call
Alexandria runs its own electric utility, City of Alexandria; its homes paid 11.1¢ per kWh in 2025. For emergencies, Alexandria is closest to Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, 0.9 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alexandria, 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 Alexandria.
Power comes from City of Alexandria
City of Alexandria (City of Alexandria - (LA)), a municipal utility, serves 99.0% of Alexandria residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $132 a month (its average across Louisiana).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Alexandria Water System
City of Alexandria Water System supplies almost all of Alexandria. It draws ground water and serves 66,798 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Apr–Sep 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 66% 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. LA1079001.
6 home internet providers serve Alexandria
96% of 17,641 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 940/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 74% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Vexus Fiber | Fiber | 56% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 23% | 5,120/5,120 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 30% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Alexandria depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Alexandria, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofalexandriala.com →
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, Wed
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
From cityofalexandriala.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-01-26, 2026-02-02. 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.
Alexandria is in Rapides Parish School District.
A−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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Alexandria spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Alexandria residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alexandria | ZIP’s residents in Alexandria |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71301 | Alexandria, LA | 43% | 95% |
| 71303 | Alexandria, LA | 32% | 63% |
| 71302 | Alexandria, LA | 25% | 83% |
A few homes fall in 71409. 71306, 71307, 71309, 71315 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 Alexandria
Who supplies Alexandria’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
City of Alexandria Water System (EPA ID LA1079001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Apr–Sep 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alexandria?
City of Alexandria (City of Alexandria - (LA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Alexandria?
Optimum, AT&T, Vexus Fiber, Metronet, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Alexandria?
71301 (43%), 71303 (32%), 71302 (25%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alexandria in?
Rapides Parish School District.
How do I register to vote in Alexandria?
In Louisiana you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Rapides Parish Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterportal.sos.la.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: Alexandria’s own website (cityofalexandriala.com), 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.