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The Fairlawn handbook

Living in Fairlawn, OH: what to set up and who to call

Akron City PWS reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (HAA5), beginning Jul 2025. There is no curbside pickup in Fairlawn: residents take trash to Andrew E. Sombati Compactor / Recycle Center.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fairlawn, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Fairlawn.

Electricity

Power comes from Ohio Edison

Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fairlawn. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 72% of Ohio Edison’s home customers do, and Ohio Edison still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Akron City PWS

Akron City PWS supplies almost all of Fairlawn. It draws surface water and serves 280,000 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (HAA5), beginning Jul 2025. 86% of the 84 systems serving 250,001–500,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.1 ppb. That’s higher than 76% 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. OH7700011.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Fairlawn

100% of 2,533 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
City of FairlawnFiber100%5,000/5,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
AT&TFixed wireless, Fiber, DSL91%5,000/5,000
FrontierFiber, DSL12%7,000/7,000
T-MobileFixed wireless91%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless73%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

No curbside pickup in Fairlawn: trash goes to the drop-off

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Fairlawn, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereDrop-off onlyNo curbside pickup: you take it to the drop-offfairlawn.us
Drop-off · where your trash goes

Andrew E. Sombati Compactor / Recycle Center

3294 Fairlawn Service Drive

Permit needed

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

Recycling drop-off

Andrew E. Sombati Compactor / Recycle Center

3294 Fairlawn Service Drive

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBeautification Day, also known as Bill Stalker Large Item Pick-Up Day, is held on the third Saturday in May each year

From fairlawn.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Fairlawn kids go to
K–4Fort Island Primary Elementary SchoolCopley-Fairlawn City School District
5–8Copley-Fairlawn Middle Schoolin Copley
9–12Copley High Schoolin Copley

Most of Fairlawn (87%) is in Copley-Fairlawn City School District; parts are in Akron City School District (7%) and Revere Local School District (6%).

ASchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fairlawn spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Fairlawn residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of FairlawnZIP’s residents in Fairlawn
44333Akron, OH99%39%
44313Akron, OH1%0%

44334 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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.

Everyday places

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 Fairlawn

Who supplies Fairlawn’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Akron City PWS (EPA ID OH7700011). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (HAA5). 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fairlawn?

Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Fairlawn?

City of Fairlawn, Spectrum, AT&T, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Fairlawn?

44333 (99%), 44313 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fairlawn in?

Copley-Fairlawn City School District. Parts of the city are in Akron City School District and Revere Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Fairlawn?

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, Summit 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: Fairlawn’s own website (fairlawn.us), 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.