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The Somers handbook

Living in Somers, WI: what to set up and who to call

New voters sign up with the Village of Somers Clerk, which runs Somers’ elections. Two school districts split the grades in Somers: Westosha Central High School District and Kenosha School District.

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.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Somers.

Electricity

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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Somers Water Utility

Somers Water Utility supplies Somers: 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 buys treated surface water (EPA lists Kenosha Water Utility as seller) and serves 1,930 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 4.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 92% 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. WI2301421.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Somers

96% of 2,669 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 22% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber92%1,000/50
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber66%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless, Fiber47%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless69%300/20
E-vergentFixed wireless21%60/10

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in Somers: every other week, day by address

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Somers, from the town’s own site.

Curbside recyclingEvery other week, day by addressRecycling picked up at the curbsomerswi.gov
What goes in the recycling bin

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)
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsAnnual bulk pickup to be organized starting 2025; date announced on website. Johns Disposal at 262-473-4700 to schedule special bulk pick up

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check somerswi.gov →

From somerswi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2020-01-07, 2020-02-11, 2026-01-15, 2026-04-17. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Somers kids go to
PK–5Somers ElementaryKenosha School District
6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address

Somers is in two districts that split the grades: Westosha Central High School District and Kenosha School District.

C−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Somers spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Somers residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of SomersZIP’s residents in Somers
53144Kenosha, WI62%20%
53140Kenosha, WI27%8%
53403Racine, WI7%2%
53177Sturtevant, WI4%4%

53171 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code262Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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?

Somers Water Utility (EPA ID WI2301421). 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 4.9 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), 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, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Somers?

53144 (62%), 53140 (27%), 53403 (7%), 53177 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Somers in?

Westosha Central High School District and Kenosha School District. Parts of the city are in Paris Joint No. 1 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 Village 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.