Ritger Wagonmaking and Blacksmith Shop · Photo: Shadowe · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Addison, WI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Town of Addison Clerk: Addison runs its own elections. Two school districts split the grades in Addison: Hartford Union High School District and Slinger School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Addison, 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 Addison.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Addison. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Allenton Sanitary District
Allenton Sanitary District supplies Addison: about 20% of residents live in its service area. About 80% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 860 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 51% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI2670104.
8 home internet providers serve Addison
95% of 1,346 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 27% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 88% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 51% | 25/3 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 38% | 90/5 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 97% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 62% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Addison
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Addison, from the town’s own site.
Town of Addison brush and scrap iron collection site
600 Main St., Allenton
- Sat10 am–2 pm
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Cardboard-cut into 2'x3' pieces, bundled or tied
- Paper
- Newspaper
- Food Boxes
- Beverage Cans
- Food Cans
- Jugs
- Jars (glass and plastic)
- Plastic bottles #1 thru #7
- Glass bottles
From addisonwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 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.
Addison is in two districts that split the grades: Hartford Union High School District and Slinger School District.
ASchool 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.
Addison spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Addison residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Addison | ZIP’s residents in Addison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53002 | Allenton, WI | 43% | 62% |
| 53027 | Hartford, WI | 33% | 5% |
| 53090 | West Bend, WI | 13% | 2% |
| 53095 | West Bend, WI | 10% | 1% |
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 Addison
Who supplies Addison’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Allenton Sanitary District (EPA ID WI2670104). 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 1.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Addison?
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Addison?
Spectrum, AT&T, Frontier, Bertram Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Addison?
53002 (43%), 53027 (33%), 53090 (13%), 53095 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Addison in?
Hartford Union High School District and Slinger School District. Parts of the city are in Hartford Joint No. 1 School District and West Bend School District.
How do I register to vote in Addison?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Town of Addison Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.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: Addison’s own website (addisonwi.gov), 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.