Photo: Andrew Martin · CC BY 3.0Living in Lansing Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Lansing Township runs its own electric utility, City of Lansing; its homes paid 19.4¢ per kWh in 2025. Tap water in most of Lansing Township comes from the Lansing Township water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lansing 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 Lansing Township.
Power comes from City of Lansing
City of Lansing (City of Lansing - (MI)), a municipal utility, serves all of Lansing Township. Its homes paid an average of 19.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $104 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.lansingmi.gov · (517) 483-4000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lansing Township water system
The Lansing Township water system supplies Lansing Township: about 54% of residents live in its service area. Lansing Board of Water & Light serves another 40%. City of East Lansing serves another 6%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Lansing Board of Water & Light as seller) and serves 5,500 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 2021–Dec 2023, 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0003770.
5 home internet providers serve Lansing Township
100% of 2,971 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 90% | 5,120/5,120 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 70% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 86% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 59% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 2 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lansing Township.
Operations and Maintenance Division
601 East South Street · run by City of Lansing
This isn’t Lansing Township’s own facility. Whether Lansing Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check lansingmi.gov.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Lansing Township (50%) is in Waverly Community Schools; parts are in Lansing Public School District (34%) and East Lansing School District (16%).
C−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.
Lansing Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lansing Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lansing Township | ZIP’s residents in Lansing Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48917 | Lansing, MI | 64% | 16% |
| 48912 | Lansing, MI | 36% | 17% |
A few homes fall in 48906, 48910. 48901, 48908, 48909, 48913, 48916, 48918, 48919, 48922, 48924, 48929, 48930, 48937, 48951, 48956, 48980 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Lansing Township
Who supplies Lansing Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lansing Township water system (EPA ID MI0003770). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lansing Township?
City of Lansing (City of Lansing - (MI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 19.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lansing Township?
Xfinity, Metronet, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lansing Township?
48917 (64%), 48912 (36%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lansing Township in?
Waverly Community Schools. Parts of the city are in Lansing Public School District and East Lansing School District.
How do I register to vote in Lansing 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 Lansing 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.