Living in Emma, MO: what to set up and who to call
Every home in Emma is in ZIP code 65327. The ER is a drive from Emma: the closest is Fitzgibbon Hospital, 17.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Emma, 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 Emma.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Emma. Its homes paid an average of 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $121 a month (its average across Missouri).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pettis/Johnson/Saline Pwsd 1
Pettis/Johnson/Saline Pwsd 1 supplies Emma: about 76% of residents live in its service area. About 22% 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 Emma PWS and Laf Jo Saline County Cons Pwsd 2 and Sweet Springs PWS and La Monte PWS and Sedalia PWS as sellers) and serves 1,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. MO3021332.
7 home internet providers serve Emma
100% of 124 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Cablevision | Cable | 99% | 250/20 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 16% | 60/5 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 99% | 400/30 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 48% | 25/6 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 38% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 23% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Emma’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Emma.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Emma (58%) is in Concordia R-II School District; parts are in Sweet Springs R-VII School District (42%).
Test scores and every school: see 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Emma is in ZIP code 65327
ZIP codes where Emma residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Emma | ZIP’s residents in Emma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65327 | Emma, MO | 100% | 96% |
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 Emma
Who supplies Emma’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pettis/Johnson/Saline Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO3021332). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Emma?
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Emma?
Citizens Cablevision, Brightspeed, Wisper, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Emma?
65327. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Emma in?
Concordia R-II School District. Parts of the city are in Sweet Springs R-VII School District.
How do I register to vote in Emma?
In Missouri you can register online until 27 days before Election Day, in person until 27 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 27 days before). Elections here are run by the Saline. Check your registration at voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov.
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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.