Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Venus, TX: what to set up and who to call
Oncor delivers the power in Venus, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Fiber reaches 97% of addresses in Venus.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Venus, 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 Venus.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Venus.
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 Mountain Peak SUD
Mountain Peak SUD supplies Venus: about 48% of residents live in its service area. City of Venus serves another 28%. About 25% 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 City of Midlothian and Johnson County SUD as sellers) and serves 23,988 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 Jul–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.3 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. TX0700042.
11 home internet providers serve Venus
98% of 1,649 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber | 88% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 70% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Centric Fiber | Fiber | 29% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 2% | 25/3 |
| United Electric Cooperative Services | Fiber | 2% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Venus’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Venus.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Venus (67%) is in Venus Independent School District; parts are in Maypearl Independent School District (20%) and Midlothian Independent School District (12%).
CSchool 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.
Venus is in ZIP code 76084
ZIP codes where Venus residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Venus | ZIP’s residents in Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76084 | Venus, TX | 100% | 36% |
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 Venus
Who supplies Venus’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mountain Peak SUD (EPA ID TX0700042). 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 2.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Venus?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Venus?
Nextlink, Frontier, Spectrum, Centric Fiber, AT&T, United Electric Cooperative Services (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Venus?
76084. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Venus in?
Venus Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Maypearl Independent School District and Midlothian Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Venus?
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 Johnson 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.