Meyerhofer Cobblestone House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lyons, WI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Town of Lyons Clerk: Lyons runs its own elections. Two school districts split the grades in Lyons: Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School District and Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lyons, 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 Lyons.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 69.0% of Lyons residents. 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 Country Estates Sanitary District Town of Lyons 1
Country Estates Sanitary District Town of Lyons 1 supplies Lyons: about 8% of residents live in its service area. Lake Geneva Utility Commission serves another 6%. About 86% 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 500 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 Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 63% 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. WI2650127.
5 home internet providers serve Lyons
87% of 1,625 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 15% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 81% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 28% | 25/3 |
| Geneva On-Line | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 11% | 250/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 84% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 49% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lyons’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lyons.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lyons is in two districts that split the grades: Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School District and Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School District.
B+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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lyons spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lyons residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lyons | ZIP’s residents in Lyons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53105 | Burlington, WI | 67% | 8% |
| 53147 | Lake Geneva, WI | 28% | 6% |
| 53176 | Springfield, WI | 4% | 100% |
| 53121 | Elkhorn, WI | 1% | 0% |
53148 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Lyons
Who supplies Lyons’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Country Estates Sanitary District Town of Lyons 1 (EPA ID WI2650127). 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 1.4 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lyons?
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 Lyons?
Spectrum, AT&T, Geneva On-Line, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lyons?
53105 (67%), 53147 (28%), 53176 (4%), 53121 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lyons in?
Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School District and Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School District. Parts of the city are in Burlington Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Lyons?
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 Lyons 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.