Benton Stone Water Tower · Photo: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Benton, WI: what to set up and who to call
Benton runs its own electric utility, Village of Benton. Trash goes out on Mondays in Benton.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Benton, 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 Benton.
Power comes from Village of Benton
Village of Benton (Village of Benton - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves all of Benton.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Benton Waterworks
Benton Waterworks supplies Benton: about 89% of residents live in its service area. About 11% 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 976 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. WI1330070.
5 home internet providers serve Benton
100% of 469 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Broadband | Fiber | 99% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/50 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 81% | 40/3 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 96% | 25/5 |
| Comelec Internet Services | Fixed wireless | 36% | 50/15 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Benton is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Benton, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week, Mon
Accepted at the curb
- Newspapers, magazines, glossy advertisements, phonebooks, and computer printouts
- Office paper
- Corrugated cardboard, cardboard soda cartons, and cardboard beer cartons
- Unbroken clear, brown, or green glass that contained a food or beverage
- Clean oil jugs and oil bottles
- Aluminum products, tin and steel cans, and metal food containers
- Cereal boxes
From bentonwi.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-13. 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.
Benton is in Benton School District.
Test scores and every school: see 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Benton is in ZIP code 53803
ZIP codes where Benton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Benton | ZIP’s residents in Benton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53803 | Benton, WI | 100% | 75% |
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 Benton
Who supplies Benton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Benton Waterworks (EPA ID WI1330070). 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 Benton?
Village of Benton (Village of Benton - (WI)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Benton?
Central Broadband, Mediacom Xtream, Brightspeed, Bug Tussel, Comelec Internet Services (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Benton?
53803. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Benton in?
Benton School District.
How do I register to vote in Benton?
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 Village of Benton 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: Benton’s own website (bentonwi.us), read Oct 22, 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.