Oliver Wendell Holmes House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Beverly, MA: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Beverly City Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. The closest public drop-off to Beverly is Town of Marblehead Transfer Sation, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Beverly, 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 Beverly.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Beverly. Its homes paid an average of 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Massachusetts, for customers on its standard service). Massachusetts lets you buy power from another supplier; 64% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: masselec.com · (972) 505-4700
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Beverly Water Dept
Beverly Water Dept supplies almost all of Beverly. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board as seller) and serves 47,461 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 2007, was 13.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2007: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. MA3030000.
4 home internet providers serve Beverly
100% of 11,030 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 30% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 63% | 980/880 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 40% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Beverly: every week
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Beverly, from the town’s own site.
Standley Street Compost Site (Yard Waste Compost Site), 16 Standley Street
16 Standley Street, Beverly, MA
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Catalogs
- Clean paperboard such as cereal / pasta boxes / pizza boxes
- Egg cartons
- Flattened cardboard no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet
- Hardcover books with dust covers removed
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Newspapers including inserts
- Phone and other paperback books
- Clean aluminum foil
- Clean Glass bottles
- Clean Metal cans
- Plastic containers labeled number 1 to 7
From beverlyma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 06/30/2026, 2026-07-01, 2026-09-27. 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.
Beverly is in Beverly School District.
B−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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Beverly is in ZIP code 01915
ZIP codes where Beverly residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Beverly | ZIP’s residents in Beverly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01915 | Beverly, MA | 99% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 01965.
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 Beverly
Who supplies Beverly’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Beverly Water Dept (EPA ID MA3030000). 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 13.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2007), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Beverly?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Beverly?
Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Beverly?
01915. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Beverly in?
Beverly School District.
How do I register to vote in Beverly?
In Massachusetts you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Beverly City Clerk. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
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: Beverly’s own website (beverlyma.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.