Living in Salem Lakes, WI: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Village of Salem Lakes Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Community Library, at 24615 89th St, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Salem Lakes, 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 Salem Lakes.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 99.4% of Salem Lakes 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 Lakecrest Shores LLC water system
The Lakecrest Shores LLC water system supplies Salem Lakes: about 12% of residents live in its service area. Carefree Estates MHP serves another 9%. About 73% 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 88 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 2.7 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. WI2300103.
7 home internet providers serve Salem Lakes
99% of 6,198 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 78% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 84% | 7,000/7,000 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber, DSL | 3% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 60% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 19% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Salem Lakes’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Salem Lakes.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Salem Lakes (62%) is in Wilmot Union High School District; parts are in Salem School District (45%) and Westosha Central High School District (38%) and Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District (28%) and Wheatland Joint No. 1 School District (14%) and Silver Lake Joint No. 1 School District (13%).
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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Salem Lakes spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Salem Lakes residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Salem Lakes | ZIP’s residents in Salem Lakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53179 | Trevor, WI | 42% | 100% |
| 53168 | Salem, WI | 33% | 55% |
| 53170 | Silver Lake, WI | 16% | 100% |
| 53104 | Bristol, WI | 6% | 14% |
| 53192 | Wilmot, WI | 1% | 97% |
| 53105 | Burlington, WI | 1% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 53181.
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 Salem Lakes
Who supplies Salem Lakes’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lakecrest Shores LLC water system (EPA ID WI2300103). 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 2.7 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Salem Lakes?
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 Salem Lakes?
Spectrum, Frontier, TDS Telecom, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Salem Lakes?
53179 (42%), 53168 (33%), 53170 (16%), 53104 (6%), 53192 (1%), 53105 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Salem Lakes in?
Wilmot Union High School District. Parts of the city are in Salem School District and Westosha Central High School District and Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District and Wheatland Joint No. 1 School District and Silver Lake Joint No. 1 School District.
How do I register to vote in Salem Lakes?
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 Salem Lakes 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.