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The Fifth Street handbook

Living in Fifth Street, TX: what to set up and who to call

Fifth Street has no town government of its own, so Fort Bend County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Fort Bend Independent School District. CenterPoint Energy delivers the power in Fifth Street, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it.

Fifth Street has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Fort Bend County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Fifth Street’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fifth Street, 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 Fifth Street.

Electricity

Power comes from CenterPoint Energy

CenterPoint Energy (CenterPoint Energy), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fifth Street.

Start or move service: centerpointenergy.com · (800) 259-5544

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 5th Street Water System

5th Street Water System supplies Fifth Street: about 91% of residents live in its service area. Fort Bend County Wcid 2 serves another 6%. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Fort Bend County Wcid 2 as seller) and serves 3,099 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.7 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. TX0790309.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Fifth Street

99% of 681 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 37% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable98%2,000/250
FrontierFiber, DSL40%7,000/7,000
VerizonFixed wireless60%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless50%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless26%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Fifth Street’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fifth Street.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileFifth Street has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Fifth Street kids go to
PK–551 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–815 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1212 high schoolsDepends on your address

Fifth Street is in Fort Bend Independent 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.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Fifth Street is unincorporated, so Fort Bend County is the local government.

Local governmentFort Bend CountyFifth Street is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereFort Bend County Early Voting ClerkElections here are run by Fort Bend County (county election office). 301 Jackson St., Richmond, TX 77469 · (281) 341-8670FVAP, Oct 2024
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeteamrv-mvp.sos.texas.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fifth Street is in ZIP code 77477

ZIP codes where Fifth Street residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Fifth StreetZIP’s residents in Fifth Street
77477Stafford, TX100%6%

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 Fifth Street

Who supplies Fifth Street’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

5th Street Water System (EPA ID TX0790309). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fifth Street?

CenterPoint Energy (CenterPoint Energy), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve Fifth Street?

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

What ZIP codes are in Fifth Street?

77477. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fifth Street in?

Fort Bend Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Fifth Street?

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 Fort Bend 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • 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.