Living in Lake Lafayette, MO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Lake Lafayette comes from Lake Lafayette PWS, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. For an emergency, Lafayette Regional Health Center is the closest ER, 15.8 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lake Lafayette, 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 Lake Lafayette.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lake Lafayette. 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 Lake Lafayette PWS
Lake Lafayette PWS supplies Lake Lafayette: about 96% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Lafayette County Pwsd 1 as seller) and serves 327 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, 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. MO1031547.
4 home internet providers serve Lake Lafayette
97% of 157 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 17% | 80/10 |
| Nexus Air Fiber | Fixed wireless | 29% | 65/10 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 8% | 400/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lake Lafayette’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lake Lafayette.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lake Lafayette is in Odessa R-VII School District.
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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lake Lafayette is in ZIP code 64076
ZIP codes where Lake Lafayette residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lake Lafayette | ZIP’s residents in Lake Lafayette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64076 | Odessa, MO | 100% | 3% |
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 Lake Lafayette
Who supplies Lake Lafayette’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lake Lafayette PWS (EPA ID MO1031547). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lake Lafayette?
Evergy (Evergy Missouri West), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lake Lafayette?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Nexus Air Fiber, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lake Lafayette?
64076. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lake Lafayette in?
Odessa R-VII School District.
How do I register to vote in Lake Lafayette?
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 Lafayette. 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.