Living in Somerset, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Somerset comes from St Croix Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Somerset runs its own elections, so the Town of Somerset Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Somerset, 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 Somerset.
Power comes from St Croix Electric Coop
St Croix Electric Coop (St Croix Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves 50.4% of Somerset residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Country View Holdings LLC water system
The Country View Holdings LLC water system supplies Somerset: about 6% of residents live in its service area. Somerset Waterworks serves another 6%. About 90% 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 75 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 1.8 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. WI6560136.
6 home internet providers serve Somerset
99% of 1,768 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Telephone Company | Fiber | 88% | 5,000/1,000 |
| Northwest Communications | Fiber | 9% | 5,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 8% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 43% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 25% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 23% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Somerset’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Somerset.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Somerset (79%) is in Somerset School District; parts are in Osceola School District (17%) and New Richmond School District (4%).
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.
Somerset spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Somerset residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Somerset | ZIP’s residents in Somerset |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54025 | Somerset, WI | 73% | 43% |
| 54017 | New Richmond, WI | 19% | 4% |
| 54082 | Houlton, WI | 6% | 15% |
| 54020 | Osceola, WI | 2% | 1% |
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 Somerset
Who supplies Somerset’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Country View Holdings LLC water system (EPA ID WI6560136). 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 1.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Somerset?
St Croix Electric Coop (St Croix Electric Coop), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Somerset?
Somerset Telephone Company, Northwest Communications, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Somerset?
54025 (73%), 54017 (19%), 54082 (6%), 54020 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Somerset in?
Somerset School District. Parts of the city are in Osceola School District and New Richmond School District.
How do I register to vote in Somerset?
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 Somerset 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.