Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in La Marque, TX: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in La Marque goes to 77568 (98% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The nearest emergency room is in town: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston.
I’m new in town
What to set up in La Marque, 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 La Marque.
Power comes from Entergy Texas
Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of La Marque. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $172 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: entergy-texas.com · (800) 368-3749
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of La Marque water system
The City of La Marque water system supplies La Marque: about 92% of residents live in its service area. 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 Gulf Coast Water Authority Tx City as seller) and serves 15,154 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 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.2 ppb. That’s lower than 64% 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. TX0840006.
5 home internet providers serve La Marque
99% of 7,816 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 67% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 75% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 20% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 74% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 36% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have La Marque’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in La Marque.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of La Marque (54%) is in Texas City Independent School District; parts are in Hitchcock Independent School District (33%) and Santa Fe Independent School District (8%) and Dickinson Independent School District (5%).
DSchool 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
La Marque spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where La Marque residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of La Marque | ZIP’s residents in La Marque |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77568 | La Marque, TX | 98% | 87% |
| 77510 | Santa Fe, TX | 2% | 3% |
A few homes fall in 77563.
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 La Marque
Who supplies La Marque’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of La Marque water system (EPA ID TX0840006). 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 0.6 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in La Marque?
Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve La Marque?
Xfinity, AT&T, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in La Marque?
77568 (98%), 77510 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is La Marque in?
Texas City Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Hitchcock Independent School District and Santa Fe Independent School District and Dickinson Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in La Marque?
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 Galveston 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.