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The Livonia handbook

Living in Livonia, MI: what to set up and who to call

New voters sign up with the Livonia City Clerk, which runs Livonia’s elections. Spectrum and AT&T both wire most of Livonia; 50% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Livonia, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Livonia.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Livonia. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Livonia water system

The Livonia water system supplies almost all of Livonia. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Great Lakes Water Authority as seller) and serves 96,942 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 16.7 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0003930.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Livonia

99% of 36,513 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 50% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless97%5,000/5,000
WOW!Cable96%1,200/50
XfinityCable, Fiber7%2,000/250
123.netFiber5%6,000/6,000
T-MobileFixed wireless78%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Livonia

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Livonia, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerPriority Waste picks up at the curb for every homelivonia.gov
Drop-off centerLivonia Drop-Off Recycling CenterHours ↓
Drop-off center

Livonia Drop-Off Recycling Center

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
6p
  • Mon7:30 am–7 pm
  • Tue7:30 am–7 pm
  • Wed7:30 am–7 pm
  • Thu7:30 am–7 pm
  • Fri7:30 am–7 pm
  • Sat10 am–6 pm
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Boxboard, paperboard (cereal and shoe boxes) and clean pizza boxes
  • Brown paper grocery bags
  • Clear, green and brown glass bottles and jars
  • Garden plastics (clean)
  • Glossy magazines, catalogs, newspapers, inserts, and telephone books
  • Manila folders and junk mail (including envelopes with windows)
  • Office, computer and loose-leaf paper (any color)
  • Paperback books
  • Tin, aluminum and empty aerosol cans
  • Paper cups
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsLarge household appliances and furnishings picked up free by a separate truck on the regular collection day; no request needed; limit two large items per week; set out after 6 p.m. the evening before or before 7 a.m.
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagelivonia.gov →

From livonia.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated October 09, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Livonia kids go to
PK–410 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Livonia (93%) is in Livonia Public Schools; parts are in Clarenceville School District (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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Livonia spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Livonia residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of LivoniaZIP’s residents in Livonia
48154Livonia, MI40%100%
48152Livonia, MI33%100%
48150Livonia, MI28%100%

48151, 48153 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code734 - 248Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Livonia

Who supplies Livonia’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Livonia water system (EPA ID MI0003930). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Livonia?

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Livonia?

Spectrum, AT&T, WOW!, Xfinity, 123.net, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Livonia?

48154 (40%), 48152 (33%), 48150 (28%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Livonia in?

Livonia Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Clarenceville School District.

How do I register to vote in Livonia?

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 Livonia 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: Livonia’s own website (livonia.gov), 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.