Photo: Toksave · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Huntington Beach, CA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Huntington Beach goes to 92647 (30% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. Most homes in Huntington Beach have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and Frontier.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Huntington Beach, 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 Huntington Beach.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Huntington Beach. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Huntington Beach water system
The City of Huntington Beach water system supplies almost all of Huntington Beach. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Seal Beach and City of Westminster and City of Fountain Valley as sellers) and serves 201,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.9 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. CA3010053.
7 home internet providers serve Huntington Beach
98% of 53,412 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 66% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 70% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 43% | 100/20 |
| Cosmo Network Solutions | Fixed wireless | 99% | 350/150 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 66% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 56% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Huntington Beach depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Huntington Beach, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayThe town’s pickup schedule (PDF)
- RecyclingEvery week, day by address
Huntington Beach Drop-off
17121 Nichols Lane - Gate #4, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
- Mon6 am–6 pm
- Tue6 am–6 pm
- Wed6 am–6 pm
- Thu6 am–6 pm
- Fri6 am–6 pm
- Sat6 am–4 pm
From huntingtonbeachca.gov, cms3.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated July 1, 2020, July 2, 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.
Huntington Beach is in Huntington Beach Union High School District; parts are in Huntington Beach City Elementary School District (44%) and Ocean View Elementary School District (41%) and Fountain Valley Elementary School District (8%) and Westminster School District (7%).
ASchool 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Huntington Beach spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Huntington Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Huntington Beach | ZIP’s residents in Huntington Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92647 | Huntington Beach, CA | 30% | 100% |
| 92646 | Huntington Beach, CA | 29% | 100% |
| 92648 | Huntington Beach, CA | 24% | 100% |
| 92649 | Huntington Beach, CA | 17% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 90742, 92683. 92605, 92615 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Huntington Beach
Who supplies Huntington Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Huntington Beach water system (EPA ID CA3010053). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Huntington Beach?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Huntington Beach?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, Cosmo Network Solutions, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Huntington Beach?
92647 (30%), 92646 (29%), 92648 (24%), 92649 (17%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Huntington Beach in?
Huntington Beach Union High School District. Parts of the city are in Huntington Beach City Elementary School District and Ocean View Elementary School District and Fountain Valley Elementary School District and Westminster School District.
How do I register to vote in Huntington Beach?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.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: Huntington Beach’s own website (huntingtonbeachca.gov, cms3.revize.com), read Oct 21, 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.