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The Commerce Township handbook

Living in Commerce Township, MI: what to set up and who to call

Commerce Township runs its own elections, so the Commerce Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Most homes in Commerce Township have two wired internet choices, Xfinity and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Commerce Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Commerce Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Commerce Township. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Commerce Township water system

The Commerce Township water system supplies Commerce Township: about 59% of residents live in its service area. City of Wixom serves another 6%. About 30% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Great Lakes Water Authority as seller) and serves 19,811 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0001573.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Commerce Township

100% of 15,620 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 18% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber80%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless69%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless58%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Commerce Township is any weekday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Commerce Township, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerPriority Waste picks up at the curb for every homecommercetwp.com
Trash dayAny weekdayDepends on your addressThe town’s pickup map →
Pickup

Your pickup week

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOn set datesLarge bulky items (appliances, furniture) set out on regular service day by 7:00 am with Priority Waste; freezers and large appliances may be picked up by a separate truck and take up to 24 hours

From commercetwp.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2024, October 21, 2024. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Commerce Township kids go to
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–123 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Commerce Township (70%) is in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools; parts are in Huron Valley Schools (30%).

ASchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Commerce Township spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Commerce Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Commerce TownshipZIP’s residents in Commerce Township
48382Commerce Township, MI54%99%
48390Walled Lake, MI40%70%
48393Wixom, MI7%14%

A few homes fall in 48324.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Commerce Township

Who supplies Commerce Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Commerce Township water system (EPA ID MI0001573). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Commerce Township?

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Commerce Township?

Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Commerce Township?

48382 (54%), 48390 (40%), 48393 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Commerce Township in?

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. Parts of the city are in Huron Valley Schools.

How do I register to vote in Commerce Township?

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 Commerce Township 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: Commerce Township’s own website (commercetwp.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.