Living in Bad Axe, MI: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Fridays in Bad Axe, collected by Emterra Environmental USA Corp. Voting is local here: the Bad Axe City Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bad Axe, 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 Bad Axe.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bad Axe. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.
Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bad Axe water system
The Bad Axe water system supplies almost all of Bad Axe. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Huron Regional Water Authority as seller) and serves 3,129 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 82% 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. MI0000340.
5 home internet providers serve Bad Axe
99% of 1,382 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 1,200/35 |
| Air Advantage | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 51% | 10/1 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
| AVS Broadband | Fixed wireless | 28% | 25/5 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Bad Axe is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bad Axe, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From cityofbadaxe.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2024-06-04 17:14:07, 2026-10-19 17:59:57. 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.
Bad Axe is in Bad Axe Public Schools.
B+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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Bad Axe is in ZIP code 48413
ZIP codes where Bad Axe residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bad Axe | ZIP’s residents in Bad Axe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48413 | Bad Axe, MI | 100% | 42% |
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 Bad Axe
Who supplies Bad Axe’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Bad Axe water system (EPA ID MI0000340). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bad Axe?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bad Axe?
Xfinity, Air Advantage, AT&T, AVS Broadband, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bad Axe?
48413. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bad Axe in?
Bad Axe Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Bad Axe?
In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Bad Axe City Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.
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: Bad Axe’s own website (cityofbadaxe.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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.