# Whitehouse, Texas electricity: Oncor wires and 4,531 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 4,531 active residential meters with a Whitehouse address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Whitehouse address in our data is on Oncor's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Whitehouse

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

- **City hall (ask about water service):** City of Whitehouse: City Hall (main line), 903-510-7500.
- **Natural gas:** Atmos Energy: customer service, 888-286-6700.
- **Public schools:** Whitehouse ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Tyler, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Whitehouse?
ERCOT counts 4,531 active residential meters with a Whitehouse address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Whitehouse choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Whitehouse's 4,530 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Whitehouse?
- Whitehouse counted about 9,970 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, against 8,234 in the 2020 base, a change of +21.1%. The largest one-year change was +442 people, from July 2022 to July 2023. July 1 estimates in between: 8,700 (2021), 9,128 (2022), 9,570 (2023), 9,735 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Whitehouse covers 5.5 square miles of land (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 1,814 residents and 523 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 3.5 residents for every Whitehouse 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/)
- The Whitehouse mailing area is bigger than the city: ERCOT lists 4,531 competitive homes under the Whitehouse postal city, 1.57 for each of the city's 2,877 Census households. Because Whitehouse has grown 21 percent since the 2020 base, the ACS 2020-2024 household figure likely runs behind today's count. (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 a Whitehouse mailing address. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 5.9 percent of residential meters in Whitehouse's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (315 off, 5,046 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 75791, holds almost every Whitehouse-addressed competitive home (4,530); it also carries 497 Tyler addresses. Taken whole, 75791 has 0.97 competitive meters per Census household: 5,046 meters, 5,188 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/)
- Whitehouse is 3 of 10 on a Smith County list of cities and towns ranked by postal-city competitive homes; the next one up is Lindale, at 6,847. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Whitehouse is the number 2 city or town by population among the 11 that reach into Smith County, one place ahead of Lindale (7,385 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 5,046 competitive home meters in 75791, Whitehouse's main ZIP code: Whitehouse 4,530, Tyler 497. 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: 36.5 percent of households in 75791, Whitehouse's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $92,107 and the renter share at 25.8 percent. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Choice is broad around Whitehouse: even Overton, the bottom of its six nearest towns on this measure, has 1.45 competitive homes per household; Tyler (8 mi) is the biggest at 74,629. (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): 9,970
- Population (2020 estimates base): 8,234
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 2,877
- Active residential meters with a Whitehouse address: 4,531
- Active business meters with a Whitehouse address: 733
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.57
- Delivery utilities (homes): Oncor 4,531
- Counties: Smith
- ZIP codes touching Whitehouse: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75791 | Whitehouse 90%, Tyler 10% | 14% | 5,046 | 5,188 | 0.97 | Near-full coverage.  |

## Business electricity in Whitehouse
733 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
**Can Whitehouse residents pick their own electric company?** Yes, where Oncor's wires reach the house, which in Whitehouse is most of the city: 4,531 homes with a Whitehouse mailing address were on the competitive market on October 5, 2026, 1.57 for each Census household. No Whitehouse ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Where do most Whitehouse electricity customers live?** That is 75791, home to 4,530 of the competitive meters with a Whitehouse address. ZIP-wide: 5,046 ERCOT meters, about 5,188 Census households, 0.97 per household.
**How much is electricity in Whitehouse right now?** 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.
**How do I start electric service at a new Whitehouse address?** Confirm the address is on Oncor's wires, then pick a plan and a start date. In 75791, 13.7% of residents moved in the past year (ACS); 7 meters in 75791 went vacant-to-active Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**Why are there more electric meters than households in Whitehouse?** 4,531 Whitehouse-addressed meters against 2,877 city households is 1.57 per household: the Whitehouse 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 Whitehouse after an outage?** Oncor, at oncor.com/outages: it carries power to all 4,531 Whitehouse-addressed competitive homes, whatever retail provider bills them.

## 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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