Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Hartford, WI: what to set up and who to call
Hartford runs its own electric utility, Hartford Electric; its homes paid 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025. Hartford has its own drop-off, City of Hartford Recycling Center.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hartford, 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 Hartford.
Power comes from Hartford Electric
Hartford Electric (Hartford Electric), a municipal utility, serves all of Hartford. Its homes paid an average of 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $75 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 Hartford Waterworks
Hartford Waterworks supplies Hartford: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% 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 15,805 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 61% 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. WI2670110.
7 home internet providers serve Hartford
98% of 4,792 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 7% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 88% | 100/20 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 99% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 65% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 52% | 50/8 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 34% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hartford depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hartford, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on ci.hartford.wi.us
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on ci.hartford.wi.us →
Hartford Drop-off
710 W Sumner Street, Hartford, WI 53027
- Sat9 am–noon
The town’s page also lists “Tuesdays April thru November 5 to 7 p.m.; Thursdays 5 to 7 p.m.”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum containers
- Foam polystyrene packaging
- Magazines
- Newspaper
- Office paper
- Steel containers
From ci.hartford.wi.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. 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.
Hartford is in two districts that split the grades: Hartford Union High School District and Hartford Joint No. 1 School District.
BSchool 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hartford is in ZIP code 53027
ZIP codes where Hartford residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hartford | ZIP’s residents in Hartford |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53027 | Hartford, WI | 99% | 67% |
A few homes fall in 53086, 53078.
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 Hartford
Who supplies Hartford’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hartford Waterworks (EPA ID WI2670110). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hartford?
Hartford Electric (Hartford Electric), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hartford?
Spectrum, AT&T, Bertram Communications, T-Mobile, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hartford?
53027. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hartford in?
Hartford Union High School District and Hartford Joint No. 1 School District. Parts of the city are in Slinger School District and Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District.
How do I register to vote in Hartford?
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 City of Hartford 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: Hartford’s own website (ci.hartford.wi.us), 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.