Vernier Street-Swan Creek Bridge · Photo: Notorious4life · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Ira Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Ira Township runs its own elections, so the Ira Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Xfinity and AT&T both wire most of Ira Township; 12% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ira 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 Ira Township.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 97.9% of Ira Township residents. 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 Ira Township water system
The Ira Township water system supplies Ira Township: about 69% of residents live in its service area. About 31% 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 6,510 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. MI0003390.
5 home internet providers serve Ira Township
98% of 2,432 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 12% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 55% | 100/20 |
| Duke Broadband | Fiber | 10% | 1,000/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 31% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ira Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ira Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Ira Township (35%) is in Algonac Community School District; parts are in Anchor Bay School District (34%) and East China School District (31%).
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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ira Township is in ZIP code 48023
ZIP codes where Ira Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ira Township | ZIP’s residents in Ira Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48023 | Fair Haven, MI | 100% | 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 Ira Township
Who supplies Ira Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ira Township water system (EPA ID MI0003390). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.1 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ira Township?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ira Township?
Xfinity, AT&T, Duke Broadband, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ira Township?
48023. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ira Township in?
Algonac Community School District. Parts of the city are in Anchor Bay School District and East China School District.
How do I register to vote in Ira 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 Ira 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.