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The St. Croix Falls handbook

Living in St. Croix Falls, WI: what to set up and who to call

Power in St. Croix Falls comes from Polk-Burnett Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Elections in St. Croix Falls are run by St. Croix Falls itself; register with the City of St. Croix Falls Clerk.

I’m new in town

What to set up in St. Croix Falls, 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 St. Croix Falls.

Electricity

Power comes from Polk-Burnett Electric Coop

Polk-Burnett Electric Coop (Polk-Burnett Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of St. Croix Falls. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $127 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 St Croix Falls Waterworks

St Croix Falls Waterworks supplies St. Croix Falls: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% 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 2,079 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 percentile4.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 4.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 91% 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. WI6490343.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve St. Croix Falls

94% of 969 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber87%1,000/50
CenturyLinkDSL60%60/5
Lakeland Communications Group, LLC dba Lakeland CommunicationsFiber4%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless46%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless31%100/20
GigFireFixed wireless13%150/130

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have St. Croix Falls’ trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Croix Falls.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

St. Croix Falls kids go to
PK–4Saint Croix Falls ElementarySt. Croix Falls School District
5–8Saint Croix Falls MiddleSt. Croix Falls School District
9–12Saint Croix Falls HighSt. Croix Falls School District

St. Croix Falls is in St. Croix Falls School District.

A−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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

St. Croix Falls is in ZIP code 54024

ZIP codes where St. Croix Falls residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of St. Croix FallsZIP’s residents in St. Croix Falls
54024Saint Croix Falls, WI100%45%

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 St. Croix Falls

Who supplies St. Croix Falls’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

St Croix Falls Waterworks (EPA ID WI6490343). 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 4.7 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in St. Croix Falls?

Polk-Burnett Electric Coop (Polk-Burnett Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve St. Croix Falls?

Spectrum, CenturyLink, Lakeland Communications Group, LLC dba Lakeland Communications, AT&T, T-Mobile, GigFire (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in St. Croix Falls?

54024. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is St. Croix Falls in?

St. Croix Falls School District.

How do I register to vote in St. Croix Falls?

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 City of St. Croix Falls 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.