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The Elmwood Park handbook

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

Voting is local here: the Village of Elmwood Park Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. The nearest library is Racine Public Library, 3.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Elmwood Park, 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 Elmwood Park.

Electricity

Power comes from We Energies

We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Elmwood Park. 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 Racine Waterworks

Racine Waterworks supplies almost all of Elmwood Park. It draws surface water (EPA lists Somers Water Utility as seller) and serves 105,100 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2025, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.7 ppb. That’s higher than 81% 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. WI2520062.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Elmwood Park

100% of 207 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless100%75/20
SpectrumCable100%1,000/35
VerizonFixed wireless100%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless4%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Elmwood Park’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Elmwood Park.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Elmwood Park kids go to
PK–515 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your address

Elmwood Park is in Racine 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Elmwood Park is in ZIP code 53405

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Elmwood ParkZIP’s residents in Elmwood Park
53405Racine, WI100%2%
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 Elmwood Park

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

Racine Waterworks (EPA ID WI2520062). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.3 ppb (Jan–Jun 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Elmwood Park?

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 Elmwood Park?

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

What ZIP codes are in Elmwood Park?

53405. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Elmwood Park in?

Racine School District.

How do I register to vote in Elmwood Park?

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 Elmwood Park 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.