Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Holyoke, MA: what to set up and who to call
Holyoke runs its own electric utility, City of Holyoke; its homes paid 16.4¢ per kWh in 2025. Holyoke Water Works has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 9.0 ppb, was higher than 97% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Holyoke, 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 Holyoke.
Power comes from City of Holyoke
City of Holyoke (City of Holyoke - (MA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Holyoke. Its homes paid an average of 16.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across Massachusetts).
Start or move service: hged.com · (413) 536-9300
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Holyoke Water Works
Holyoke Water Works supplies almost all of Holyoke. It draws surface water and serves 37,838 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 2021–Dec 2023, was 9.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 97% of similar systems’ latest results.
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. MA1137000.
5 home internet providers serve Holyoke
100% of 8,350 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Netafy | Fixed wireless | 61% | 150/150 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 44% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 41% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 16% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Holyoke depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Holyoke, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on holyoke.org
- RecyclingEvery other week, same day as trashCheck which week on storage.googleapis.com →
- Bulky itemsDrop-off only
DPW Refuse/Recycling Drop-off Site (Drop-Off Recycling Center)
63 Canal Street (enter from North East Street)
- Tue7:30 am–2:30 pm
- Thu7:30 am–2:30 pm
- Sat7:30 am–noon
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
- Glass bottles and jars
- Plastic containers
- Milk and juice cartons
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Paperback books
- Hard cover books (with the covers removed)
- Paper bags
- Envelopes
- Office paper
From holyoke.org, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2021-05-04, 2025-12-22, 2026-02-02, 2026-03-23. 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.
Holyoke is in Holyoke School District.
D−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.
Holyoke is in ZIP code 01040
ZIP codes where Holyoke residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Holyoke | ZIP’s residents in Holyoke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01040 | Holyoke, MA | 100% | 100% |
01041 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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 Holyoke
Who supplies Holyoke’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Holyoke Water Works (EPA ID MA1137000). 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 9.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Holyoke?
City of Holyoke (City of Holyoke - (MA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 16.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Holyoke?
Xfinity, Netafy, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Holyoke?
01040. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Holyoke in?
Holyoke School District.
How do I register to vote in Holyoke?
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 Holyoke 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: Holyoke’s own website (holyoke.org, storage.googleapis.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.