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The Southlake handbook

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

Oncor delivers the power in Southlake, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Southlake Public Library, 1.3 miles away, is the closest library to Southlake.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Southlake, 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 Southlake.

Electricity

Power comes from Oncor

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Southlake.

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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Southlake water system

The City of Southlake water system supplies almost all of Southlake. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Fort Worth and City of Grapevine as sellers) and serves 31,576 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.4 ppb. That’s higher than 78% 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. TX2200075.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Southlake

99% of 10,364 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber90%1,000/1,000
FrontierFiber86%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber36%100/20
FiberFirstFiber16%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless58%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless39%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Southlake is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Southlake, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homecityofsouthlake.com
Trash dayMon, Tue, Thu or FriDepends on your addressLook up your day on cityofsouthlake.com →
Pickup

Your pickup week

Holiday weeks

When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulky waste and bundled brush collected at no charge on regular trash pickup days, up to two cubic yards per collection; items under 150 pounds; loose brush by monthly call-in service (call by noon on designated collection day)

From cityofsouthlake.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated October 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Southlake kids go to
PK–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–10Carroll H SCarroll Independent School District
11–12Carroll Senior H SCarroll Independent School District

Most of Southlake (79%) is in Carroll Independent School District; parts are in Northwest Independent School District (11%) and Keller Independent School District (7%) and Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (3%).

A+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

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Southlake is in ZIP code 76092

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SouthlakeZIP’s residents in Southlake
76092Southlake, TX100%98%

A few homes fall in 76248.

Area code817Wikidata

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 Southlake

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

The City of Southlake water system (EPA ID TX2200075). 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 2.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Southlake?

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve Southlake?

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

What ZIP codes are in Southlake?

76092. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Southlake in?

Carroll Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Northwest Independent School District and Keller Independent School District and Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Southlake?

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 Tarrant 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: Southlake’s own website (cityofsouthlake.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.