Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Living in Odessa, MO: what to set up and who to call
Odessa runs its own electric utility, City of Odessa. Public schools here are run by Odessa R-VII School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Odessa, 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 Odessa.
Power comes from City of Odessa
City of Odessa (City of Odessa - (MO)), a municipal utility, serves 97.8% of Odessa residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Odessa PWS
Odessa PWS supplies Odessa: about 84% of residents live in its service area. Lafayette County Pwsd 1 serves another 17%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 5,202 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% 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. MO1010599.
9 home internet providers serve Odessa
100% of 2,079 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Socket Telecom | Fiber | 91% | 2,500/2,500 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 87% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Spectrum | Fiber | 13% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Odessa depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Odessa, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
- Bulky itemsCall to book
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
From cityofodessamo.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Odessa is in Odessa R-VII School District.
B+School 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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Odessa is in ZIP code 64076
ZIP codes where Odessa residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Odessa | ZIP’s residents in Odessa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64076 | Odessa, MO | 100% | 57% |
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 Odessa
Who supplies Odessa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Odessa PWS (EPA ID MO1010599). 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 3.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Odessa?
City of Odessa (City of Odessa - (MO)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Odessa?
Xfinity, Socket Telecom, Brightspeed, Spectrum, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Odessa?
64076. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Odessa in?
Odessa R-VII School District.
How do I register to vote in Odessa?
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: Odessa’s own website (cityofodessamo.com), 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 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.