Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Hope, AR: what to set up and who to call
Hope runs its own electric utility, City of Hope; its homes paid 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025. Hope has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hope, 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 Hope.
Power comes from City of Hope
City of Hope (City of Hope - (AR)), a municipal utility, serves all of Hope. Its homes paid an average of 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $116 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hope Water Light Comm
Hope Water Light Comm supplies Hope: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 11,500 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000230.
7 home internet providers serve Hope
100% of 3,928 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Water & Light | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Hope Community TV Prescott Video | Cable | 100% | 1,000/50 |
| Swatfirst | Fiber | 17% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 16% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
| Premier Broadband | Fixed wireless | 74% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hope is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hope, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Thu or Fri)
From hopear.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hope is in Hope School District.
C−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 Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hope is in ZIP code 71801
ZIP codes where Hope residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hope | ZIP’s residents in Hope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71801 | Hope, AR | 100% | 60% |
71802 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Hope
Who supplies Hope’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hope Water Light Comm (EPA ID AR0000230). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hope?
City of Hope (City of Hope - (AR)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hope?
Hope Water & Light, Hope Community TV Prescott Video, Swatfirst, AT&T, Verizon, Premier Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hope?
71801. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hope in?
Hope School District.
How do I register to vote in Hope?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Hempstead County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
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: Hope’s own website (hopear.gov), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.