Photo: Asher Heimermann · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Kohler, WI: what to set up and who to call
In Kohler, trash day is Tuesday. Tap water in Kohler comes from Kohler Waterworks, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.8 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kohler, 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 Kohler.
Power comes from City of Sheboygan Falls
City of Sheboygan Falls (City of Sheboygan Falls - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 93.3% of Kohler residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Kohler Waterworks
Kohler Waterworks supplies Kohler: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Sheboygan Water Utilities as seller) and serves 2,271 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 54% 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. WI4600444.
7 home internet providers serve Kohler
100% of 833 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 59% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 86% | 100/20 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 60% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 96% | 50/8 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Kohler is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kohler, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Glass containers
- Aluminum cans & foil
- Tin & steel cans
- Plastics #1-7
- Newspapers
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Cardboard
- Office paper
- Fiberboard (cereal & shoe boxes)
- Phone books
- Books
- Metal
Sheboygan Scrap Metal
2801 North 21st Street in Sheboygan
From kohlervillagewi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Most of Kohler (98%) is in Kohler 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.
Kohler is in ZIP code 53044
ZIP codes where Kohler residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kohler | ZIP’s residents in Kohler |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53044 | Kohler, WI | 100% | 91% |
A few homes fall in 53081.
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 Kohler
Who supplies Kohler’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kohler Waterworks (EPA ID WI4600444). 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 0.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Kohler?
City of Sheboygan Falls (City of Sheboygan Falls - (WI)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Kohler?
Spectrum, AT&T, TDS Telecom, Bertram Communications, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kohler?
53044. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kohler in?
Kohler School District.
How do I register to vote in Kohler?
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 Kohler 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: Kohler’s own website (kohlervillagewi.gov), read Oct 22, 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.