Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Living in Dearborn Heights, MI: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for the Dearborn Heights water system. Dearborn Heights runs its own elections, so the Dearborn Heights City Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Dearborn Heights, 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 Dearborn Heights.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Dearborn Heights. 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 Dearborn Heights water system
The Dearborn Heights water system supplies Dearborn Heights: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 57,774 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.
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. The highest in five years was 1.8 ppb. 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. MI0001740.
6 home internet providers serve Dearborn Heights
100% of 22,359 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 56% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| WOW! | Cable | 97% | 1,200/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 96% | 5,000/5,000 |
| 123.net | Fiber | 14% | 6,000/6,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 72% | 1,000/75 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 54% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Priority Waste picks up trash in Dearborn Heights
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Dearborn Heights, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check dearbornheightsmi.gov →
From dearbornheightsmi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 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 Dearborn Heights (46%) is in Crestwood School District; parts are in Dearborn City School District (19%) and Dearborn Heights School District 7 (19%) and Westwood Community Schools (14%) and Taylor School District (2%).
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.
Dearborn Heights spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Dearborn Heights residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Dearborn Heights | ZIP’s residents in Dearborn Heights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48127 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 65% | 100% |
| 48125 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 35% | 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 Dearborn Heights
Who supplies Dearborn Heights’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Dearborn Heights water system (EPA ID MI0001740). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 90% 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 Dearborn Heights?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Dearborn Heights?
Xfinity, WOW!, AT&T, 123.net, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Dearborn Heights?
48127 (65%), 48125 (35%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dearborn Heights in?
Crestwood School District. Parts of the city are in Dearborn City School District and Dearborn Heights School District 7 and Westwood Community Schools and Taylor School District.
How do I register to vote in Dearborn Heights?
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 Dearborn Heights 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: Dearborn Heights’ own website (dearbornheightsmi.gov), read Oct 23, 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.