Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Pittsfield, MA: what to set up and who to call
Pittsfield runs its own elections, so the Pittsfield Board of Registrars, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Pittsfield has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pittsfield, 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 Pittsfield.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (NSTAR Electric Co., doing business as Eversource), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pittsfield. Its homes paid an average of 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $102 a month (its average across Massachusetts, for customers on its standard service). Massachusetts lets you buy power from another supplier; 76% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.
Start or move service: nstar.com · (800) 592-2000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pittsfield Dpu Water Dept
Pittsfield Dpu Water Dept supplies almost all of Pittsfield. It draws surface water and serves 43,927 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 2023, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 60% 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. MA1236000.
5 home internet providers serve Pittsfield
98% of 15,613 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 23% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Gateway Fiber | Fiber | 25% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 37% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 34% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 30% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Casella Waste Management picks up trash in Pittsfield
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Pittsfield, from the town’s own site.
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
- Clean paper
- Metal cans
- Foil
- Labels and caps on bottles
Dream Green Recycling (Adams)
15 Print Works Drive, Adams, MA 01220
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check pittsfieldma.gov →
From pittsfieldma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated Updated as of 4.15.26. 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.
Pittsfield is in Pittsfield School District.
C−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.
Pittsfield is in ZIP code 01201
ZIP codes where Pittsfield residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pittsfield | ZIP’s residents in Pittsfield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01201 | Pittsfield, MA | 100% | 97% |
01202, 01203 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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 Pittsfield
Who supplies Pittsfield’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pittsfield Dpu Water Dept (EPA ID MA1236000). 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 1.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pittsfield?
Eversource (NSTAR Electric Co., doing business as Eversource), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pittsfield?
Spectrum, Gateway Fiber, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pittsfield?
01201. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pittsfield in?
Pittsfield School District.
How do I register to vote in Pittsfield?
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 Pittsfield Board of Registrars. 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: Pittsfield’s own website (pittsfieldma.gov), read Oct 23, 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.