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The Darien handbook

Living in Darien, WI: what to set up and who to call

Elections in Darien are run by Darien itself; register with the Town of Darien Clerk. Public schools here are run by Delavan-Darien School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Darien, 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 Darien.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Darien. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

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 Pioneer Estates of Delavan water system

The Pioneer Estates of Delavan water system supplies Darien: about 25% of residents live in its service area. About 71% 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 400 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. WI2650116.

Internet

10 home internet providers serve Darien

62% of 731 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 50% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber54%1,000/1,000
Sharon Telephone CompanyFiber37%225/12
Edge BroadbandFixed wireless, Fiber24%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL17%10/1
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless10%25/3
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless65%25/5

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Darien’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Darien.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Darien kids go to
PK–2Turtle Creek Elementaryin Delavan
3–4Darien ElementaryDelavan-Darien School District
5–8Phoenix Middlein Delavan
9–12Delavan-Darien Highin Delavan

Darien is in Delavan-Darien 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Darien spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of DarienZIP’s residents in Darien
53115Delavan, WI68%7%
53114Darien, WI32%21%
Area code262Wikidata

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 Darien

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

The Pioneer Estates of Delavan water system (EPA ID WI2650116). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Darien?

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Darien?

Spectrum, Sharon Telephone Company, Edge Broadband, Frontier, AT&T, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Darien?

53115 (68%), 53114 (32%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Darien in?

Delavan-Darien School District.

How do I register to vote in Darien?

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 Darien 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: 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.