Photo: TheLionHasSeen · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lafayette, LA: what to set up and who to call
Lafayette runs its own electric utility, City of Lafayette; its homes paid 11.5¢ per kWh in 2025. Lafayette has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lafayette, 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 Lafayette.
Power comes from City of Lafayette
City of Lafayette (City of Lafayette - (LA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Lafayette. Its homes paid an average of 11.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $139 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 Lafayette Utilities Water System
Lafayette Utilities Water System supplies Lafayette: about 6% of residents live in its service area. About 92% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 169,389 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 2023–Dec 2025, 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. LA1055017.
5 home internet providers serve Lafayette
95% of 44,841 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LFT Fiber | Fiber | 92% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 2,000/100 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 72% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lafayette’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lafayette.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lafayette is in Lafayette 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Lafayette spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lafayette residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lafayette | ZIP’s residents in Lafayette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70506 | Lafayette, LA | 26% | 80% |
| 70508 | Lafayette, LA | 24% | 74% |
| 70501 | Lafayette, LA | 22% | 95% |
| 70503 | Lafayette, LA | 20% | 87% |
| 70507 | Lafayette, LA | 7% | 47% |
A few homes fall in 70583, 70518, 70592. 70502, 70504, 70505, 70509, 70593, 70596, 70598 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Lafayette
Who supplies Lafayette’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lafayette Utilities Water System (EPA ID LA1055017). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lafayette?
City of Lafayette (City of Lafayette - (LA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lafayette?
LFT Fiber, Cox Communications, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lafayette?
70506 (26%), 70508 (24%), 70501 (22%), 70503 (20%), 70507 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lafayette in?
Lafayette Parish School District.
How do I register to vote in Lafayette?
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 Lafayette 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: 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 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.