Living in Flowood, MS: what to set up and who to call
Flowood spans 3 ZIP codes; 39232 holds the most residents (89%). For home internet, most of Flowood can choose between AT&T and Xfinity.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Flowood, 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 Flowood.
Power comes from Entergy Mississippi
Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Mississippi LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Flowood. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $168 a month (its average across Mississippi).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Flowood water system
The City of Flowood water system supplies Flowood: about 33% of residents live in its service area. City of Flowood - Noranco serves another 30%. City of Pearl serves another 19%. About 47% 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 31,574 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.7 ppb. That’s higher than 59% 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. MS0610075.
6 home internet providers serve Flowood
100% of 3,436 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 83% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 77% | 1,200/35 |
| C Spire | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 60% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 64% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
| Netspeedms | Fixed wireless | 20% | 232/133 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Flowood’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Flowood.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Flowood is in Rankin County School District.
ASchool 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Flowood spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Flowood residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Flowood | ZIP’s residents in Flowood |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39232 | Flowood, MS | 89% | 100% |
| 39047 | Brandon, MS | 9% | 2% |
| 39208 | Pearl, MS | 2% | 0% |
A few homes fall in 39042.
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 Flowood
Who supplies Flowood’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Flowood water system (EPA ID MS0610075). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.6 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Flowood?
Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Mississippi LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Flowood?
AT&T, Xfinity, C Spire, Verizon, T-Mobile, Netspeedms (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Flowood?
39232 (89%), 39047 (9%), 39208 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Flowood in?
Rankin County School District.
How do I register to vote in Flowood?
Mississippi has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Rankin County Registrar. Check your registration at msegov.com.
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.