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The Mount Pleasant handbook

Living in Mount Pleasant, SC: what to set up and who to call

Most mail in Mount Pleasant goes to 29464 (55% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. For home internet, most of Mount Pleasant can choose between Xfinity and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant.

Electricity

Power comes from Dominion Energy South Carolina

Dominion Energy South Carolina (Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Pleasant. Its homes paid an average of 16.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $169 a month (its average across South Carolina).

Start or move service: sceg.com · (800) 251-7234

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 Mt Pleasant Water Works (1010002)

Mt Pleasant Water Works (1010002) supplies almost all of Mount Pleasant. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Charleston Water System (Sc1010001) as seller) and serves 91,500 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.1 ppb. That’s lower than 57% 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. SC1010002.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Mount Pleasant

100% of 32,356 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 64% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber100%2,000/250
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless89%5,000/5,000
WOW!Cable34%1,200/50
lumosFiber7%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless64%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless61%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Mount Pleasant depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbtompsc.com
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • All paper, including cardboard
  • Plastics #1-7
  • Aluminum and steel cans
  • Glass bottles and jars
Compost drop-off

R. L. Jones Center

391 Egypt Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Compost drop-off

Park West Recreation Complex

1251 Park West Blvd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

Compost drop-off

James B. Edwards Park

320 Royall Ave, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsAppliances, household furniture and yard debris are collected by the Town; items left at curb that should not be collected need a call to (843) 849-2022
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagetompsc.com →

From tompsc.com, 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.

Mount Pleasant kids go to
PK–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Mount Pleasant is in Charleston 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Mount Pleasant spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Mount PleasantZIP’s residents in Mount Pleasant
29464Mount Pleasant, SC55%98%
29466Mount Pleasant, SC43%93%
29429Awendaw, SC1%29%

29465 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code843Wikidata

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 Mount Pleasant

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

Mt Pleasant Water Works (1010002) (EPA ID SC1010002). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mount Pleasant?

Dominion Energy South Carolina (Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Mount Pleasant?

Xfinity, AT&T, WOW!, lumos, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Mount Pleasant?

29464 (55%), 29466 (43%), 29429 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mount Pleasant in?

Charleston County School District.

How do I register to vote in Mount Pleasant?

In South Carolina 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 Charleston Board of Voter Registration. Check your registration at vrems.scvotes.sc.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: Mount Pleasant’s own website (tompsc.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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.