# Iowa Park, Texas electricity: Oncor wires and 4,273 competitive homes

_Updated October 19, 2026. Data: ERCOT Oct 5, 2026; Power to Choose Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT._

**In short:** ERCOT counts 4,273 active residential meters with an Iowa Park address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Iowa Park address in our data is on Oncor's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Iowa Park

Local numbers for setting up a home in Iowa Park, each checked on the official source. More contacts: https://powerhopper.energy/texas-electricity/iowa-park/move-in-information

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 940-592-2131.
- **Natural gas:** Atmos Energy: customer service, 888-286-6700.
- **Public schools:** Iowa Park CISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Wichita Falls, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Iowa Park?
ERCOT counts 4,273 active residential meters with an Iowa Park address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Iowa Park choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Iowa Park's 4,273 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Iowa Park?
- Population: 6,526 (2020 base) to 6,542 (July 2025), +0.2%, per Census Vintage 2025 estimates. The largest one-year change was -50 people, from July 2023 to July 2024. July 1 estimates in between: 6,570 (2021), 6,600 (2022), 6,575 (2023), 6,525 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Iowa Park covers 4.3 square miles of land and 0.4 square miles of water (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 1,529 residents and 656 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 2.3 residents for every Iowa Park household. (Source: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Mailing addresses stretch past city limits here. 4,273 competitive residential meters use Iowa Park as their postal city, while the city itself has 2,808 Census households, a ratio of 1.52. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Of the 3,564,530 homes Oncor serves on the competitive market, 0.1% have an Iowa Park mailing address. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 6.4 percent of residential meters in Iowa Park's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (296 off, 4,313 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 76367, holds almost every Iowa Park-addressed competitive home (4,273); it also carries 40 Pleasant Valley addresses. Taken whole, 76367 has 1.06 competitive meters per Census household: 4,313 meters, 4,075 households. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Iowa Park is 3 of 6 on a Wichita County list of cities and towns ranked by postal-city competitive homes; the next one up is Burkburnett, at 4,881. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Iowa Park is the number 3 city or town by population among the 6 that reach into Wichita County, one place ahead of Electra (2,238 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 4,313 competitive home meters in 76367, Iowa Park's main ZIP code: Iowa Park 4,273, Pleasant Valley 40. A mailing city is not a city limit, so the service address, not the postal name, settles which utility serves a home. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Electric bills over $250 a month: 37.4 percent of households in 76367, Iowa Park's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $76,310 and the renter share at 11.5 percent. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Looking at Iowa Park's six closest towns, the largest competitive market belongs to Wichita Falls (42,824 homes on its postal city, about 10 miles off); the thinnest per household is Electra, at 0.26. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 6,542
- Population (2020 estimates base): 6,526
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 2,808
- Active residential meters with an Iowa Park address: 4,273
- Active business meters with an Iowa Park address: 1,304
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.52
- Delivery utilities (homes): Oncor 4,273
- Counties: Wichita
- ZIP codes touching Iowa Park: 1
- Split ZIP codes (flagged below): 0

## Plan prices (median ¢/kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh)
- Oncor: 14.1 / 13.4 / 13.2; delivery 6.8673¢/kWh + $4.06/mo

## ZIP codes
**Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.**

| ZIP | Postal cities | Land in city | Competitive homes | Households | Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76367 | Iowa Park 99% | 2% | 4,313 | 4,075 | 1.06 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Iowa Park city limits. |

## Business electricity in Iowa Park
1,304 active business meters. Power Hopper compares offers from retail electric providers and direct suppliers; for high-consumption businesses we can run a competitive bid. No savings or bidder count is promised. Businesses in Texas retail-choice areas can request a rate review online.

## Questions
**Is Iowa Park deregulated for electricity?** Most Iowa Park homes can. ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract has 4,273 Iowa Park-addressed homes on Oncor's competitive system, compared with 2,808 households in the Census survey. No Iowa Park ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Where do most Iowa Park electricity customers live?** That is 76367, home to 4,273 of the competitive meters with an Iowa Park address. ZIP-wide: 4,313 ERCOT meters, about 4,075 Census households, 1.06 per household.
**What is the average electricity rate in Iowa Park?** On October 19, 2026, the median fixed-rate Power to Choose listing on Oncor's wires was 13.4¢ per kWh at 1,000 kWh a month (170 listings); Oncor's delivery charge of 6.8673¢ per kWh plus $4.06 a month is included. A median is not a quote.
**I'm moving to Iowa Park. How do I set up electricity?** 16.2% of 76367 residents moved within a year (ACS), and 7 meters in 76367 turned from vacant to active Oct. 7-18, 2026. Check that your Iowa Park address is on Oncor's wires, then choose a plan and start date.
**Why are there more electric meters than households in Iowa Park?** 4,273 Iowa Park-addressed meters against 2,808 city households is 1.52 per household: the Iowa Park postal area extends past city limits, and new homes get meters before the Census counts them. It doesn't mean every nearby address can choose.
**Who restores power in Iowa Park after an outage?** Call Oncor (oncor.com/outages), the wires utility for Iowa Park's 4,273 competitive homes; a retail provider can't fix lines.

## Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25003 households, B01003 population): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT: https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan: https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/electric-plan/
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201): https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/brk/alpha_brk/
- Oncor Electric Delivery: https://www.oncor.com/
- Oncor delivery tariff (effective October 4, 2026): https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/59249_105_1676040.PDF
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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