Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Pierce, WI: what to set up and who to call
Pierce runs its own elections, so the Town of Pierce Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Wired internet is thin in Pierce: the FCC’s map has 33% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pierce, 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 Pierce.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pierce. Its homes paid an average of 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Start or move service: wisconsinpublicservice.com · (800) 450-7260
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lakeview Heights Mobile Home Park
Lakeview Heights Mobile Home Park supplies Pierce: about 16% of residents live in its service area. About 84% 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 66 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI4310284.
6 home internet providers serve Pierce
77% of 490 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 17% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 32% | 100/20 |
| Spectrum | Cable | 21% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 86% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 40% | 100/20 |
| Nsight Telservices | Fixed wireless | 12% | 100/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Pierce’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pierce.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Pierce (50%) is in Algoma School District; parts are in Kewaunee School District (50%).
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.
Pierce spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Pierce residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pierce | ZIP’s residents in Pierce |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54201 | Algoma, WI | 62% | 9% |
| 54216 | Kewaunee, WI | 38% | 5% |
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 Pierce
Who supplies Pierce’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lakeview Heights Mobile Home Park (EPA ID WI4310284). 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 0.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pierce?
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pierce?
Bug Tussel, AT&T, Spectrum, Bertram Communications, T-Mobile, Nsight Telservices (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pierce?
54201 (62%), 54216 (38%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pierce in?
Algoma School District. Parts of the city are in Kewaunee School District.
How do I register to vote in Pierce?
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 Pierce 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.