Photo: BenHerrera1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Holland, MI: what to set up and who to call
Holland runs its own electric utility, City of Holland; its homes paid 11.4¢ per kWh in 2025. Holland runs its own elections, so the Holland City Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Holland, 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 Holland.
Power comes from City of Holland
City of Holland (City of Holland - (MI)), a municipal utility, serves 99.5% of Holland residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $70 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.cityofholland.com · (616) 355-1300
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Holland Board of Public Works
Holland Board of Public Works supplies Holland: about 48% of residents live in its service area. Holland Township Consolidated serves another 46%. About 19% 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 49,687 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 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.4 ppb. That’s higher than 53% 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. MI0003190.
6 home internet providers serve Holland
100% of 9,937 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland City Fiber | Fiber | 100% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 81% | 100/20 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 3% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 69% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 58% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Holland
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Holland, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cityofholland.com →
From cityofholland.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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 Holland (70%) is in Holland City School District; parts are in Hamilton Community Schools (29%).
BSchool 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.
Holland is in ZIP code 49423
ZIP codes where Holland residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Holland | ZIP’s residents in Holland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49423 | Holland, MI | 100% | 73% |
49422 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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 Holland
Who supplies Holland’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Holland Board of Public Works (EPA ID MI0003190). 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 1.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Holland?
City of Holland (City of Holland - (MI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Holland?
Holland City Fiber, Xfinity, AT&T, Spectrum, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Holland?
49423. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Holland in?
Holland City School District. Parts of the city are in Hamilton Community Schools.
How do I register to vote in Holland?
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 Holland 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: Holland’s own website (cityofholland.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.