Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Tupelo, MS: what to set up and who to call
Tupelo runs its own electric utility, City of Tupelo; its homes paid 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025. North Mississippi Medical Center, 2 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Tupelo, 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 Tupelo.
Power comes from City of Tupelo
City of Tupelo (City of Tupelo - (MS)), a municipal utility, serves 61.7% of Tupelo residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $129 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 Tupelo water system
The City of Tupelo water system supplies Tupelo: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 4% 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 N. E. Ms. Regional W/S as seller) and serves 37,000 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–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.9 ppb. 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MS0410015.
6 home internet providers serve Tupelo
100% of 14,982 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 98% | 1,200/35 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 80% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Tombigbee Fiber | Fiber | 38% | 2,000/1,000 |
| C Spire | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 81% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 40% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 33% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Tupelo’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Tupelo.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Tupelo (88%) is in Tupelo Public School District; parts are in Lee County School District (12%).
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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Tupelo spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Tupelo residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Tupelo | ZIP’s residents in Tupelo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38801 | Tupelo, MS | 57% | 72% |
| 38804 | Tupelo, MS | 32% | 69% |
| 38826 | Belden, MS | 9% | 65% |
| 38866 | Saltillo, MS | 3% | 8% |
38802, 38803 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Tupelo
Who supplies Tupelo’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Tupelo water system (EPA ID MS0410015). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Tupelo?
City of Tupelo (City of Tupelo - (MS)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Tupelo?
Xfinity, AT&T, Tombigbee Fiber, C Spire, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Tupelo?
38801 (57%), 38804 (32%), 38826 (9%), 38866 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Tupelo in?
Tupelo Public School District. Parts of the city are in Lee County School District.
How do I register to vote in Tupelo?
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 Lee 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.