Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Commercial Point, OH: what to set up and who to call
Wednesday is trash day in Commercial Point; Rumpke collects. Fiber reaches 93% of addresses in Commercial Point.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Commercial Point, 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 Commercial Point.
Power comes from AEP Ohio
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Commercial Point. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $179 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 60% of AEP Ohio’s home customers do, and AEP Ohio still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Commercial Point Village water system
The Commercial Point Village water system supplies Commercial Point: about 52% of residents live in its service area. About 46% 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 3,497 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–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. OH6503512.
6 home internet providers serve Commercial Point
100% of 1,047 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Broadband | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 30% | 25/3 |
| Frontier | DSL | 24% | 10/1 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 38% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 23% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Commercial Point is Wednesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Commercial Point, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Cartons
- Glass bottles and jars (any color)
- Aluminum cups and cans and steel cans
From commercialpointohio.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Commercial Point is in Teays Valley Local 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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Commercial Point spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Commercial Point residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Commercial Point | ZIP’s residents in Commercial Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43116 | Commercial Point, OH | 89% | 100% |
| 43146 | Orient, OH | 10% | 3% |
A few homes fall in 43137, 43103.
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 Commercial Point
Who supplies Commercial Point’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Commercial Point Village water system (EPA ID OH6503512). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Commercial Point?
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Commercial Point?
Point Broadband, Spectrum, AT&T, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Commercial Point?
43116 (89%), 43146 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Commercial Point in?
Teays Valley Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Commercial Point?
In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Pickaway County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.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: Commercial Point’s own website (commercialpointohio.gov), 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.