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The Middletown handbook

Living in Middletown, CT: what to set up and who to call

Middletown has its own drop-off, Middletown Recycling Center. Voting is local here: the Middletown Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Middletown, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Middletown.

Electricity

Power comes from Eversource

Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Middletown. Its homes paid an average of 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $195 a month (its average across Connecticut, for customers on its standard service). Connecticut lets you buy power from another supplier; 17% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.

Start or move service: cl-p.com · (800) 286-2000

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Middletown Water Department

Middletown Water Department supplies Middletown: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 3% 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 41,019 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, 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. CT0830011.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Middletown

100% of 12,315 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 66% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber100%2,000/250
FrontierFiber, DSL80%7,000/7,000
GoNetspeedFiber25%2,000/2,000
VerizonFixed wireless52%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless33%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless30%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

In Middletown, you hire your own trash hauler

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Middletown, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereHire your ownNo town pickup: you hire a private hauler; your hauler sets the daymiddletownct.gov
Drop-off centerMiddletown Recycling CenterHours ↓
Drop-off center · where your trash goes

Middletown Recycling Center

185 Johnson St., Middletown, CT

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon7 am–11:45 am, 7 am–2:45 pm
  • Tue7 am–2:45 pm
  • Wed7 am–2:45 pm
  • Thu7 am–2:45 pm
  • Fri7 am–2:45 pm
  • Sat7 am–11:45 am
What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

The town’s guidesBulk Waste Charges (PDF) →
Compost drop-off

Recycling Center

185 Johnson St.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookCity curbside bulk pickup spring through fall upon request for $75 per pickup; pay Public Works before collection; collection suspended for winter from mid-October through spring; mattresses and box springs $36 each at curb

From middletownct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Middletown kids go to
PK–58 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Beman Middle SchoolMiddletown School District
9–12Middletown High SchoolMiddletown School District

Middletown is in Middletown School District.

CSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Middletown spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Middletown residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of MiddletownZIP’s residents in Middletown
06457Middletown, CT97%100%
06459Middletown, CT3%100%
Area codes860, 959Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Middletown

Who supplies Middletown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Middletown Water Department (EPA ID CT0830011). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Middletown?

Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Middletown?

Xfinity, Frontier, GoNetspeed, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Middletown?

06457 (97%), 06459 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Middletown in?

Middletown School District.

How do I register to vote in Middletown?

In Connecticut you can register online until 18 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 18 days before). Elections here are run by the Middletown Town Clerk. Check your registration at portaldir.ct.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: Middletown’s own website (middletownct.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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.