Photo: Rochelle Briggeman · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Elmwood Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Elmwood Township Clerk: Elmwood Township runs its own elections. Munson Medical Center, 4.6 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Elmwood Township, 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 Elmwood Township.
Power comes from Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Elmwood Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Traverse City water system
The Traverse City water system supplies Elmwood Township: about 10% of residents live in its service area. Cedar Creek Water Company serves another 7%. Elmwood Twp - Timberlee serves another 6%. About 76% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 14,532 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 ppb. That’s higher than 87% 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. MI0006640.
7 home internet providers serve Elmwood Township
96% of 2,304 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 37% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 89% | 1,000/35 |
| Point Broadband | Fiber | 34% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Michigan Broadband Service | Fiber | 2% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 35% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 34% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 23% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Elmwood Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Elmwood Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Elmwood Township (93%) is in Traverse City Area Public Schools; parts are in Suttons Bay Public Schools (7%).
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 Oct 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Elmwood Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Elmwood Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Elmwood Township | ZIP’s residents in Elmwood Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49684 | Traverse City, MI | 91% | 20% |
| 49621 | Cedar, MI | 9% | 14% |
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 Elmwood Township
Who supplies Elmwood Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Traverse City water system (EPA ID MI0006640). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Elmwood Township?
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Elmwood Township?
Spectrum, Point Broadband, Michigan Broadband Service, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Elmwood Township?
49684 (91%), 49621 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Elmwood Township in?
Traverse City Area Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Suttons Bay Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Elmwood 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 Elmwood 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: 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 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.