Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Living in Warren, MI: what to set up and who to call
Warren runs its own elections, so the Warren City Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. The closest public drop-off to Warren is SOCCRA Madison Heights Transfer Station, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Warren, 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 Warren.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Warren. 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 City of Warren water system
The City of Warren water system supplies almost all of Warren. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Great Lakes Water Authority as seller) and serves 134,056 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.0 ppb. That’s higher than 76% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0006900.
5 home internet providers serve Warren
100% of 49,002 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 45% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| WOW! | Cable | 96% | 1,200/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 95% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 57% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 54% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Warren
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Warren, from the town’s own site.
City of Warren Sanitation Division - Recycling Center
25801 Flanders (south of Frazho, between Schoenherr and Groesbeck), Warren, MI
- Mon7:30 am–4 pm
- Tue7:30 am–4 pm
- Wed7:30 am–4 pm
- Thu7:30 am–4 pm
- Fri7:30 am–4 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Glass Bottles and Jars
- Tin and Aluminum cans
- Newspapers with all inserts
- Cardboard (flattened)
- Index cards, post cards, and paper envelopes
- Kitchen cookware, metal pots, pans, tins and utensils
From cityofwarren.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2024-11-05, 2026-08-19, 2026-10-13. 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 Warren (43%) is in Warren Consolidated Schools; parts are in Warren Woods Public Schools (14%) and Van Dyke Public Schools (14%) and Fitzgerald Public Schools (13%) and Center Line Public Schools (10%) and Eastpointe Community Schools (5%).
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.
Warren spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Warren residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Warren | ZIP’s residents in Warren |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48091 | Warren, MI | 23% | 100% |
| 48089 | Warren, MI | 23% | 100% |
| 48092 | Warren, MI | 20% | 100% |
| 48093 | Warren, MI | 18% | 100% |
| 48088 | Warren, MI | 17% | 100% |
48090, 48397 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 Warren
Who supplies Warren’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Warren water system (EPA ID MI0006900). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Warren?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Warren?
Xfinity, WOW!, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Warren?
48091 (23%), 48089 (23%), 48092 (20%), 48093 (18%), 48088 (17%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Warren in?
Warren Consolidated Schools. Parts of the city are in Warren Woods Public Schools and Van Dyke Public Schools and Fitzgerald Public Schools and Center Line Public Schools and Eastpointe Community Schools.
How do I register to vote in Warren?
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 Warren 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: Warren’s own website (cityofwarren.org), 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.