Photo: Nick Allen · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Leominster, MA: what to set up and who to call
Leominster has its own drop-off, Waste Management, on 256;268 New Lancaster Road. Elections in Leominster are run by Leominster itself; register with the Leominster City Clerk.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Leominster, 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 Leominster.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Leominster. 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 Leominster Water Division
Leominster Water Division supplies almost all of Leominster. It draws surface water and serves 41,683 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 2025, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.0 ppb. That’s higher than 78% 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. MA2153000.
4 home internet providers serve Leominster
100% of 11,441 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 96% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 31% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 27% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
G. W. Shaw and Son, Inc. picks up trash in Leominster
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Leominster, from the town’s own site.
AKS Recycling & Transfer Station
15 Cobbler Drive, Fitchburg, MA 01420
- Thu8 am–noon
- Fri8 am–noon
- Sat8 am–noon
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastic, glass and metal food containers that have been rinsed out
- Flattened cereal, cracker, pancake mix, and cookie boxes
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Phone books
- Brown paper bags
- Wastepaper
- Broken down cardboard
Blue Knife Recycling LLC
25 Mohawk Drive, Leominster, MA 01453
Raw Materials Recovery Corp.
461 W. Broadway, Gardner, MA 01440
From leominster-ma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated March 31, 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.
Leominster is in Leominster 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.
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.
Leominster is in ZIP code 01453
ZIP codes where Leominster residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Leominster | ZIP’s residents in Leominster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01453 | Leominster, MA | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 01420.
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 Leominster
Who supplies Leominster’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Leominster Water Division (EPA ID MA2153000). 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 2.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Leominster?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Leominster?
Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Leominster?
01453. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Leominster in?
Leominster School District.
How do I register to vote in Leominster?
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 Leominster 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: Leominster’s own website (leominster-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.