Living in Silver Lake, OH: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Fridays in Silver Lake, collected by Kimble Company. Most homes in Silver Lake have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and AT&T.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Silver Lake, 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 Silver Lake.
Power comes from Ohio Edison
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Silver Lake. 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.
Water comes from Silver Lake Village PWS
Silver Lake Village PWS supplies Silver Lake: about 88% of residents live in its service area. About 12% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Cuyahoga Falls City PWS as seller) and serves 2,519 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 82% 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. OH7704303.
4 home internet providers serve Silver Lake
99% of 1,088 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 43% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 95% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Silver Lake is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Silver Lake, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, Fri
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
From villageofsilverlake.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-03-09. 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.
Silver Lake is in Cuyahoga Falls City 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Silver Lake is in ZIP code 44224
ZIP codes where Silver Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Silver Lake | ZIP’s residents in Silver Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44224 | Stow, OH | 100% | 6% |
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 Silver Lake
Who supplies Silver Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Silver Lake Village PWS (EPA ID OH7704303). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.9 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Silver Lake?
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Silver Lake?
Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Silver Lake?
44224. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Silver Lake in?
Cuyahoga Falls City School District.
How do I register to vote in Silver Lake?
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: Silver Lake’s own website (villageofsilverlake.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 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.