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The Worth Township handbook

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

New voters sign up with the Worth Township Clerk, which runs Worth Township’s elections. Children in Worth Township attend Croswell-Lexington Community School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Worth Township, 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 Worth Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Worth Township. 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 Worth Township water system

The Worth Township water system supplies Worth Township: about 20% of residents live in its service area. Sandpiper Estates serves another 10%. Karegnondi Water Authority serves another 7%. About 68% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Village of Lexington as seller) and serves 3,854 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.9 ppb. That’s lower than 64% 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. MI0003856.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Worth Township

60% of 2,834 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 38% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber71%1,200/35
Pigeon Telephone CompanyFiber50%1,000/1,000
FrontierFiber, DSL13%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL7%25/3
AVS BroadbandFixed wireless47%100/20
Air AdvantageFixed wireless38%10/1

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Worth Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Worth Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Worth Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Worth Township kids go to
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–8CroswellLexington Middle Schoolin Croswell
9–12CroswellLexington High Schoolin Croswell

Worth Township is in Croswell-Lexington Community School District.

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 Oct 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Worth Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Worth TownshipZIP’s residents in Worth Township
48450Lexington, MI56%46%
48422Croswell, MI35%19%
48032Jeddo, MI10%15%

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 Worth Township

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

The Worth Township water system (EPA ID MI0003856). 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 0.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Worth Township?

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

What internet providers serve Worth Township?

Xfinity, Pigeon Telephone Company, Frontier, AT&T, AVS Broadband, Air Advantage (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Worth Township?

48450 (56%), 48422 (35%), 48032 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Worth Township in?

Croswell-Lexington Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Worth 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 Worth 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.