Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Lynnfield, MA: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Lynnfield Town Clerk: Lynnfield runs its own elections. The closest public drop-off to Lynnfield is Nahant Street Recycling and Yard Waste Facility, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lynnfield, 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 Lynnfield.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lynnfield. 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 Lynnfield Center Water District
Lynnfield Center Water District supplies Lynnfield: about 66% of residents live in its service area. Lynnfield Water Dist. (Mwra) serves another 34%. 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 Mwra as seller) and serves 8,525 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 3.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.0 ppb. That’s higher than 86% 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. MA3164000.
4 home internet providers serve Lynnfield
100% of 4,127 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 76% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 77% | 980/880 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 23% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 20% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Lynnfield is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lynnfield, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)Look up your day on lynnfieldma.gov
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on lynnfieldma.gov →
Yard Waste recycling center (DPW yard behind Town Hall)
55 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Cost: $20 per year for residents under 65; $10 per year for senior citizens
Accepted at the curb
- Mixed paper, newspapers, magazines, boxes, paper cups (empty and flatten)
- Bottles, jars, jugs and tubs (empty and replace caps)
- Bottles and jars (empty and rinse)
- Food and beverage cans (empty and rinse)
From lynnfieldma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2007, 2026, 2026-09-27, January 1, 2024, November 1, 2022. 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.
Lynnfield is in Lynnfield School District.
ASchool 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 Aug 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lynnfield is in ZIP code 01940
ZIP codes where Lynnfield residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lynnfield | ZIP’s residents in Lynnfield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01940 | Lynnfield, MA | 100% | 98% |
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Lynnfield
Who supplies Lynnfield’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lynnfield Center Water District (EPA ID MA3164000). 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 3.6 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lynnfield?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lynnfield?
Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lynnfield?
01940. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lynnfield in?
Lynnfield School District.
How do I register to vote in Lynnfield?
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 Lynnfield 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: Lynnfield’s own website (lynnfieldma.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.