Photo: User:Oakshade · CC BY 2.5Living in San Bernardino, CA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in San Bernardino goes to 92404 (20% of residents), one of 8 ZIP codes in town. Trains stop in San Bernardino, at San Bernardino Depot.
I’m new in town
What to set up in San Bernardino, 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 San Bernardino.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 94.3% of San Bernardino residents. 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 San Bernardino City water system
The San Bernardino City water system supplies San Bernardino: about 86% of residents live in its service area. East Valley Water District serves another 13%. It draws ground water and serves 214,665 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. 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. CA3610039.
5 home internet providers serve San Bernardino
96% of 49,570 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 66% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 68% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 46% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 57% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 40% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in San Bernardino
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in San Bernardino, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum
- Paper (including cardboard and mixed office paper)
- Plastics (excluding thin film and bags)
- Glass
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check sanbernardino.gov →
From sanbernardino.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Most of San Bernardino (89%) is in San Bernardino City Unified School District; parts are in Rialto Unified School District (5%) and Redlands Unified School District (4%) and Colton Joint Unified School District (3%).
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 Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
San Bernardino spans 8 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where San Bernardino residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of San Bernardino | ZIP’s residents in San Bernardino |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92404 | San Bernardino, CA | 20% | 70% |
| 92407 | San Bernardino, CA | 19% | 61% |
| 92410 | San Bernardino, CA | 17% | 74% |
| 92405 | San Bernardino, CA | 14% | 100% |
| 92411 | San Bernardino, CA | 12% | 100% |
| 92408 | San Bernardino, CA | 6% | 100% |
| 92346 | Highland, CA | 6% | 22% |
| 92376 | Rialto, CA | 3% | 7% |
A few homes fall in 92401, 92354, 92369, 92324, 92415. 92402, 92403, 92406, 92413, 92418, 92423, 92427 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in San Bernardino
Who supplies San Bernardino’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The San Bernardino City water system (EPA ID CA3610039). 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 San Bernardino?
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 San Bernardino?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in San Bernardino?
92404 (20%), 92407 (19%), 92410 (17%), 92405 (14%), 92411 (12%), 92408 (6%), 92346 (6%), 92376 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is San Bernardino in?
San Bernardino City Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Rialto Unified School District and Redlands Unified School District and Colton Joint Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in San Bernardino?
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 San Bernardino 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: San Bernardino’s own website (sanbernardino.gov), 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.