Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in New Richmond, WI: what to set up and who to call
New Richmond runs its own electric utility, City of New Richmond; its homes paid 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025. To register to vote, go to the City of New Richmond Clerk: New Richmond runs its own elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in New Richmond, 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 New Richmond.
Power comes from City of New Richmond
City of New Richmond (City of New Richmond), a municipal utility, serves all of New Richmond. Its homes paid an average of 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $89 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 New Richmond Waterworks
New Richmond Waterworks supplies New Richmond: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% 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 10,824 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 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. WI6560126.
7 home internet providers serve New Richmond
100% of 3,657 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midco | Fiber | 98% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Northwest Communications | Fiber, Cable | 97% | 5,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 84% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Baldwin Telecom | Fiber | 2% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 81% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 67% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
In New Richmond, you hire your own trash hauler
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in New Richmond, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check newrichmondwi.gov →
From newrichmondwi.gov, cms8.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-08-26. 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.
New Richmond is in New Richmond 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 Jun 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
New Richmond is in ZIP code 54017
ZIP codes where New Richmond residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of New Richmond | ZIP’s residents in New Richmond |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54017 | New Richmond, WI | 100% | 51% |
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 New Richmond
Who supplies New Richmond’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
New Richmond Waterworks (EPA ID WI6560126). 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 1.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in New Richmond?
City of New Richmond (City of New Richmond), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve New Richmond?
Midco, Northwest Communications, Frontier, Baldwin Telecom, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in New Richmond?
54017. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is New Richmond in?
New Richmond School District.
How do I register to vote in New Richmond?
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 New Richmond 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: New Richmond’s own website (newrichmondwi.gov, cms8.revize.com), 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.