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The East Troy handbook

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

To register to vote, go to the Town of East Troy Clerk: East Troy runs its own elections. East Troy Lions Public Library, 4.1 miles away, is the closest library to East Troy.

I’m new in town

What to set up in East Troy, 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 East Troy.

Electricity

Power comes from We Energies

We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of East Troy. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from East Troy Waterworks

East Troy Waterworks supplies East Troy: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 5,054 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 4.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 90% 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. WI2650123.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve East Troy

95% of 2,048 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 5% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber93%1,000/35
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless47%40/3
Edge BroadbandFiber, Fixed wireless5%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless69%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless25%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless21%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Johns Disposal picks up trash in East Troy

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

Trash haulerJohns DisposalPicks up trash in East Troystorage.googleapis.com
What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Tin cans, steel cans, aerosol cans, dried paint cans
  • Glass bottles & jars
  • #1-7 plastic bottles or jugs with a twist top
  • Cartons (juice boxes, milk cartons)
  • Clean aluminum foil
  • Newspaper, magazines, books, mail, school/office paper
  • Gray chipboard (cereal & shoe boxes)
  • Brown paper bags

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check storage.googleapis.com →

From storage.googleapis.com, townofeasttroywi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-10-22. 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.

East Troy kids go to
PK–2Little Prairie PrimaryEast Troy Community School District
3–5Prairie View ElementaryEast Troy Community School District
6–8East Troy MiddleEast Troy Community School District
9–12East Troy HighEast Troy Community School District

East Troy is in East Troy Community School District.

B+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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

East Troy spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of East TroyZIP’s residents in East Troy
53120East Troy, WI78%31%
53149Mukwonago, WI16%3%
53105Burlington, WI5%1%
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 East Troy

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

East Troy Waterworks (EPA ID WI2650123). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.4 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in East Troy?

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 East Troy?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, Edge Broadband, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in East Troy?

53120 (78%), 53149 (16%), 53105 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is East Troy in?

East Troy Community School District.

How do I register to vote in East Troy?

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 East Troy 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: East Troy’s own website (storage.googleapis.com, townofeasttroywi.gov), read Oct 23, 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.