Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Lufkin, TX: what to set up and who to call
Oncor delivers the power in Lufkin, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Trains stop in Lufkin, at Z & OO Railroad Station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lufkin, 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 Lufkin.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lufkin.
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 City of Lufkin water system
The City of Lufkin water system supplies almost all of Lufkin. It draws ground water (EPA lists Central Wcid of Angelina County as seller) and serves 51,236 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.7 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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. TX0030004.
6 home internet providers serve Lufkin
90% of 13,233 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 86% | 940/35 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 71% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 11% | 100/10 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 52% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 47% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 23% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Lufkin
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lufkin, from the town’s own site.
Solid Waste/Recycling Center
500 Southpark Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Clean cardboard (corrugated and pasteboard boxes)
- Newspaper (including advertising inserts)
- Magazines & junk Mail
- Office paper & shredded paper (please bag shredded paper)
- Steel and aluminum cans (cans only, please rinse)
- Plastic bottles & jugs (#1 or #2 or anything with a neck)
Solid Waste/Recycling Center
500 Southpark Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904
Public Works
800 Amey St., Lufkin, TX
From cityoflufkin.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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 Lufkin (97%) is in Lufkin Independent School District; parts are in Hudson Independent School District (2%).
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lufkin spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lufkin residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lufkin | ZIP’s residents in Lufkin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75901 | Lufkin, TX | 51% | 62% |
| 75904 | Lufkin, TX | 48% | 48% |
A few homes fall in 75903. 75902, 75915 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Lufkin
Who supplies Lufkin’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Lufkin water system (EPA ID TX0030004). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lufkin?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Lufkin?
Optimum, Fidium Fiber, Consolidated Communications, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lufkin?
75901 (51%), 75904 (48%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lufkin in?
Lufkin Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Hudson Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Lufkin?
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 Angelina County Elections Administrator. 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: Lufkin’s own website (cityoflufkin.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.