Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Living in Oneida, TN: what to set up and who to call
Power in Oneida comes from Plateau Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Fiber reaches 100% of addresses in Oneida.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oneida, 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 Oneida.
Power comes from Plateau Electric Cooperative
Plateau Electric Cooperative (Plateau Electric Cooperative), a cooperative utility, serves all of Oneida. Its homes paid an average of 14.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $138 a month (its average across Tennessee).
Start or move service: plateauelectric.com · (423) 569-8591
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Oneida W&s Comm water system
The Oneida W&s Comm water system supplies Oneida: about 22% of residents live in its service area. About 78% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 11,600 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. TN0000532.
6 home internet providers serve Oneida
100% of 1,705 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 96% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 75% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 21% | 25/3 |
| Tele-Page | Fixed wireless | 10% | 10/1 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Oneida depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Oneida, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on townofoneida.com →
From townofoneida.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2024-03-08. 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.
Most of Oneida (62%) is in Scott County School District; parts are in Oneida Special School District (38%).
C+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.
Oneida is in ZIP code 37841
ZIP codes where Oneida residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oneida | ZIP’s residents in Oneida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37841 | Oneida, TN | 100% | 40% |
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 Oneida
Who supplies Oneida’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Oneida W&s Comm water system (EPA ID TN0000532). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Oneida?
Plateau Electric Cooperative (Plateau Electric Cooperative), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Oneida?
Highland Telephone Cooperative, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Tele-Page (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Oneida?
37841. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oneida in?
Scott County School District. Parts of the city are in Oneida Special School District.
How do I register to vote in Oneida?
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 Scott 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: Oneida’s own website (townofoneida.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 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.