Photo: Gkowalski · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Hales Corners, WI: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Fridays in Hales Corners, collected by GFL Environmental. Voting is local here: the Village of Hales Corners Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hales Corners, 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 Hales Corners.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hales Corners. 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 Oakton Beach water system
The Oakton Beach water system supplies Hales Corners: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% 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 144 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2022, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.8 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. WI2681086.
4 home internet providers serve Hales Corners
99% of 2,350 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 29% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 89% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 61% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hales Corners is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hales Corners, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week · which week: halescornerswi.gov
- Bulky itemsCall to book
GFL Environmental Emerald Park Landfill (fee-based dump; yard waste drop-off site at W144S6350 College Court)
- Sat7 am–10:30 am, 7 am–3:30 pm
Accepted at the curb
- Plastics #1 through #7
- Glass bottles and jars
- Tin, bi-metal and aluminum cans
- Newspaper & miscellaneous household paper
- Magazines & phone books
- Cardboard (cut to fit into container)
- Foam PS (polystyrene) packaging
GFL Yard Waste Drop-off Site
W144S6350 College Court, Muskego, WI 53150
From halescornerswi.gov, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025, 2026-10-15. 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.
Hales Corners is in Whitnall School District.
A−School 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hales Corners is in ZIP code 53130
ZIP codes where Hales Corners residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hales Corners | ZIP’s residents in Hales Corners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53130 | Hales Corners, WI | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 53228.
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 Hales Corners
Who supplies Hales Corners’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Oakton Beach water system (EPA ID WI2681086). 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 1.7 ppb (Jan–Jun 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hales Corners?
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 Hales Corners?
Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hales Corners?
53130. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hales Corners in?
Whitnall School District.
How do I register to vote in Hales Corners?
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 Hales Corners 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: Hales Corners’ own website (halescornerswi.gov, storage.googleapis.com), 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.