Living in Hixon, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Hixon comes from Clark Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Elections in Hixon are run by Hixon itself; register with the Town of Hixon Clerk.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hixon, 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 Hixon.
Power comes from Clark Electric Coop
Clark Electric Coop (Clark Electric Coop - (WI)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hixon. Its homes paid an average of 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $178 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 Withee Waterworks
Withee Waterworks supplies Hixon: 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 506 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 76% 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. WI6100283.
Which providers serve Hixon
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hixon, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Hixon’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hixon.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Hixon (94%) is in Owen-Withee School District; parts are in Thorp School District (6%).
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.
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.
Hixon spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hixon residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hixon | ZIP’s residents in Hixon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54498 | Withee, WI | 98% | 36% |
| 54460 | Owen, WI | 2% | 1% |
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 Hixon
Who supplies Hixon’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Withee Waterworks (EPA ID WI6100283). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hixon?
Clark Electric Coop (Clark Electric Coop - (WI)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Hixon?
54498 (98%), 54460 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hixon in?
Owen-Withee School District. Parts of the city are in Thorp School District.
How do I register to vote in Hixon?
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 Hixon 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): pending.