Pleasant Hill Residential Historic District · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Living in Marshfield, WI: what to set up and who to call
Marshfield runs its own electric utility, City of Marshfield; its homes paid 10.3¢ per kWh in 2025. Marshfield Utilities has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 8.2 ppb, was higher than 96% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Marshfield, 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 Marshfield.
Power comes from City of Marshfield
City of Marshfield (City of Marshfield - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 96.0% of Marshfield residents. Its homes paid an average of 10.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $73 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 Marshfield Utilities
Marshfield Utilities supplies almost all of Marshfield. It draws ground water and serves 18,815 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 Jul–Dec 2025, was 8.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 8.4 ppb. That’s higher than 96% 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. WI7720165.
8 home internet providers serve Marshfield
100% of 7,180 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 71% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 68% | 7,000/7,000 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 13% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Country Wireless | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/100 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 76% | 50/8 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 68% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Marshfield’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Marshfield.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Marshfield is in Marshfield 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.
Marshfield is in ZIP code 54449
ZIP codes where Marshfield residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Marshfield | ZIP’s residents in Marshfield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54449 | Marshfield, WI | 100% | 72% |
54404, 54472 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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 Marshfield
Who supplies Marshfield’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Marshfield Utilities (EPA ID WI7720165). 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 8.2 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Marshfield?
City of Marshfield (City of Marshfield - (WI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 10.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Marshfield?
Spectrum, Frontier, TDS Telecom, Country Wireless, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Marshfield?
54449. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Marshfield in?
Marshfield School District.
How do I register to vote in Marshfield?
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 Marshfield 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.