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The Walworth handbook

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

Walworth Waterworks has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 6.3 ppb, was higher than 95% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Walworth runs its own elections, so the Village of Walworth Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Walworth, 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 Walworth.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Walworth. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 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 Walworth Waterworks

Walworth Waterworks supplies almost all of Walworth. It draws ground water and serves 2,304 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 percentile6.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 6.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 9.3 ppb. That’s higher than 95% 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. WI2650149.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Walworth

95% of 995 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber95%1,000/50
FrontierDSL87%70/3
AT&TFixed wireless85%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless80%25/6
E-vergentFixed wireless46%25/3
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless41%25/5

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Walworth’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Walworth.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Walworth kids go to
PK–8Walworth ElementaryWalworth Joint No. 1 School District
9–12Big Foot HighBig Foot Union High School District

Walworth is in two districts that split the grades: Walworth Joint No. 1 School District and Big Foot Union High School District.

DSchool 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

Walworth is in ZIP code 53184

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of WalworthZIP’s residents in Walworth
53184Walworth, WI100%67%
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 Walworth

Who supplies Walworth’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Walworth Waterworks (EPA ID WI2650149). 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 6.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Walworth?

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Walworth?

Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, E-vergent, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Walworth?

53184. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Walworth in?

Walworth Joint No. 1 School District and Big Foot Union High School District.

How do I register to vote in Walworth?

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 Walworth 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.