John Barker House · Photo: UDChE89 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Wallingford, CT: what to set up and who to call
Wallingford runs its own electric utility, Town of Wallingford; its homes paid 17.8¢ per kWh in 2025. There is no curbside pickup in Wallingford: residents take trash to Resident Disposal Center (Waste Disposal Center).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Wallingford, 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 Wallingford.
Power comes from Town of Wallingford
Town of Wallingford (Town of Wallingford - (CT)), a municipal utility, serves all of Wallingford. Its homes paid an average of 17.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $152 a month (its average across Connecticut).
Start or move service: town.wallingford.ct.us · (203) 265-5055
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Wallingford Water Department
Wallingford Water Department supplies Wallingford: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Regional Water Authority as seller) and serves 37,267 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–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.4 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. CT1480011.
5 home internet providers serve Wallingford
100% of 14,204 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 85% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 45% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 44% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 28% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
No curbside pickup in Wallingford: trash goes to the drop-off
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Wallingford, from the town’s own site.
Resident Disposal Center (Waste Disposal Center)
25 Pent Road, Wallingford, CT 06492
- Mon8 am–4 pm
- Tue8 am–4 pm
- Thu8 am–4 pm
- Fri8 am–4 pm
- Sat7 am–3 pm
Cost: $5 permit for seniors 65+ and Medicare card holders, which buys a coupon book; sold weekdays at scale house as of July 1, 2026
Accepted at the curb
- Glass and metal food and beverage containers (rinsed clean)
- Aluminum, steel and tin cans
- Aluminum foil (clean) and aluminum containers (such as pie plates)
- Plastics #1 and #2 only (rinsed clean)
Compost Center
157 John Street
From wallingfordct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated July 1, 2025, OCTOBER 1, 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.
Wallingford is in Wallingford 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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Wallingford is in ZIP code 06492
ZIP codes where Wallingford residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Wallingford | ZIP’s residents in Wallingford |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06492 | Wallingford, CT | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 06473. 06493, 06494, 06495 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 Wallingford
Who supplies Wallingford’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wallingford Water Department (EPA ID CT1480011). 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 Wallingford?
Town of Wallingford (Town of Wallingford - (CT)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 17.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Wallingford?
Xfinity, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Wallingford?
06492. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Wallingford in?
Wallingford School District.
How do I register to vote in Wallingford?
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 Wallingford 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: Wallingford’s own website (wallingfordct.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.