Photo: Henley Quadling · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Addison, TX: what to set up and who to call
In Addison, trash day is Monday and Thursday. Oncor delivers the power in Addison, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Addison, 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 Addison.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Addison.
Start or move service: oncor.com · (888) 875-6279
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town of Addison water system
The Town of Addison water system supplies almost all of Addison. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Dallas Water Utility as seller) and serves 17,257 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 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.9 ppb. That’s higher than 55% 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. TX0570031.
4 home internet providers serve Addison
92% of 2,680 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 50% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 76% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 70% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 42% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Addison is Monday and Thursday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Addison, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week, Mon
Dallas County Collection Center
11234 Plano Road, Dallas
From addisontx.gov, the town’s official site; communitywastedisposal.com, which addisontx.gov links to for trash, checked Oct 23, 2026. 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 Addison (95%) is in Dallas Independent School District; parts are in Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (5%).
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 Jan 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Addison spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Addison residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Addison | ZIP’s residents in Addison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75001 | Addison, TX | 97% | 97% |
| 75254 | Dallas, TX | 3% | 2% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Addison
Who supplies Addison’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Addison water system (EPA ID TX0570031). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Addison?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Addison?
Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Addison?
75001 (97%), 75254 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Addison in?
Dallas Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Addison?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Dallas County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.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: Addison’s own website (addisontx.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (communitywastedisposal.com), read Oct 23, 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.