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The Hopedale handbook

Living in Hopedale, MA: what to set up and who to call

Elections in Hopedale are run by Hopedale itself; register with the Hopedale Town Clerk. Almost every address in Hopedale can get fiber (94%, by the FCC’s map).

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hopedale, 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 Hopedale.

Electricity

Power comes from National Grid

National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hopedale. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Hopedale Water Department

Hopedale Water Department supplies Hopedale: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Milford Water Department as seller) and serves 6,017 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2025–Dec 2027, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s higher than 77% 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. MA2138000.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Hopedale

100% of 2,033 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%1,200/35
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless95%2,300/2,300
T-MobileFixed wireless31%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless22%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Hopedale is any weekday, depending on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerE. L. Harvey and Sons, Inc. picks up at the curb for every homehopedale-ma.gov
Trash dayAny weekdayDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

Drop-off

Recycle Center

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Paper
  • Plastic
  • Cardboard
  • Metal food containers
  • Glass bottles
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookArranged in advance by calling E. L. Harvey and Sons, Inc. at 800-321-3002; the fee is paid directly to E.L. Harvey

From hopedale-ma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated July 1, 2022. 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.

Hopedale kids go to
K–6MemorialHopedale School District
7–12Hopedale Jr Sr HighHopedale School District

Hopedale is in Hopedale 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.

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 Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hopedale is in ZIP code 01747

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of HopedaleZIP’s residents in Hopedale
01747Hopedale, MA100%100%

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 Hopedale

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

Hopedale Water Department (EPA ID MA2138000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.6 ppb (Jan 2025–Dec 2027), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hopedale?

National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Hopedale?

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

What ZIP codes are in Hopedale?

01747. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hopedale in?

Hopedale School District.

How do I register to vote in Hopedale?

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 Hopedale Town 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: Hopedale’s own website (hopedale-ma.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.