Living in Somers, WI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Town of Somers Clerk: Somers runs its own elections. The closest public drop-off to Somers is City of Kenosha Yardwaste/Brush Drop-off Site, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Somers, 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 Somers.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Somers. 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 Kenosha Water Utility
Kenosha Water Utility supplies Somers: about 55% of residents live in its service area. Somers Water Utility serves another 13%. Pleasant Prairie MHP serves another 5%. About 27% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 99,218 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 4.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.9 ppb. That’s higher than 90% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI2300046.
6 home internet providers serve Somers
100% of 473 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 77% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 66% | 100/20 |
| Frontier | Fiber | 3% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 68% | 300/20 |
| E-vergent | Fixed wireless | 3% | 10/1 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Somers is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Somers, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Thu or Fri)Look up your day on somerswi.gov
- RecyclingEvery other week, day by addressCheck which week on somerswi.gov →
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans and clean aluminum foil
- Tin cans, steel cans, aerosol cans, empty/dried paint cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Plastic containers marked #1 – #7
- Milk cartons, juice boxes, soup cartons
- Newspaper, magazines, books, mail, school/office paper
- Brown corrugated cardboard
- Gray chipboard (cereal and shoe boxes)
- Brown paper bags
- Shredded paper (bagged in clear plastic)
From somerswi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2020-02-11T16:59:34+00:00, 2025-12, 2026-01-15, 2026-01-15T18:41:07-05:00, 2026-04-17T19:49:42-05:00. 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.
Somers is in Kenosha School District.
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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Somers spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Somers residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Somers | ZIP’s residents in Somers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53144 | Kenosha, WI | 70% | 3% |
| 53142 | Kenosha, WI | 22% | 1% |
| 53140 | Kenosha, WI | 8% | 0% |
53171 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 Somers
Who supplies Somers’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kenosha Water Utility (EPA ID WI2300046). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.1 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Somers?
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 Somers?
Spectrum, T-Mobile, AT&T, Frontier, Verizon, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Somers?
53144 (70%), 53142 (22%), 53140 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Somers in?
Kenosha School District.
How do I register to vote in Somers?
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 Somers 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: Somers’ own website (somerswi.gov), read Oct 23, 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.