Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Living in Alcoa, TN: what to set up and who to call
Alcoa runs its own electric utility, City of Alcoa Utilities; its homes paid 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025. Spectrum and AT&T both wire most of Alcoa; 71% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alcoa, 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 Alcoa.
Power comes from City of Alcoa Utilities
City of Alcoa Utilities (City of Alcoa Utilities), a municipal utility, serves 90.5% of Alcoa residents. Its homes paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $160 a month (its average across Tennessee).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Alcoa Water System
Alcoa Water System supplies almost all of Alcoa. It draws surface water and serves 35,238 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 2026–Dec 2028, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.4 ppb. That’s lower than 65% 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. TN0000007.
4 home internet providers serve Alcoa
98% of 4,082 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 71% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 89% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 66% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 59% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Alcoa depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Alcoa, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofalcoa-tn.gov →
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on cityofalcoa-tn.gov →
- Bulky itemsTwice a month
Alcoa/Maryville/Blount County Sanitary Landfill (recycling drop-off center at the landfill)
240 Long Powers Road, Friendsville, TN 37737
- Mon8 am–4:30 pm
- Tue8 am–4:30 pm
- Wed8 am–4:30 pm
- Thu8 am–4:30 pm
- Fri8 am–4:30 pm
- Sat8 am–4:30 pm
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From cityofalcoa-tn.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27, March 1, 2025. 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.
Alcoa is in Alcoa City School District.
A−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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Alcoa spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Alcoa residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alcoa | ZIP’s residents in Alcoa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37701 | Alcoa, TN | 79% | 99% |
| 37777 | Louisville, TN | 15% | 14% |
| 37801 | Maryville, TN | 3% | 1% |
| 37804 | Maryville, TN | 2% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 37853, 37920.
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 Alcoa
Who supplies Alcoa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Alcoa Water System (EPA ID TN0000007). 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 0.4 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alcoa?
City of Alcoa Utilities (City of Alcoa Utilities), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Alcoa?
Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Alcoa?
37701 (79%), 37777 (15%), 37801 (3%), 37804 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alcoa in?
Alcoa City School District.
How do I register to vote in Alcoa?
In Tennessee 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 Blount County Election Commission. Check your registration at tnmap.tn.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: Alcoa’s own website (cityofalcoa-tn.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 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.