Photo: Trevorwelsh · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Wellesley, MA: what to set up and who to call
Wellesley runs its own electric utility, Town of Wellesley; its homes paid 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025. There is no curbside pickup in Wellesley: residents take trash to Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility (RDF).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Wellesley, 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 Wellesley.
Power comes from Town of Wellesley
Town of Wellesley (Town of Wellesley - (MA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Wellesley. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Massachusetts).
Start or move service: wellesleyma.gov · (781) 235-7600
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Wellesley Water Division
Wellesley Water Division supplies Wellesley: about 91% of residents live in its service area. Wellesley College serves another 7%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Natick Water and Sewer Division and Mwra as sellers) and serves 29,550 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 Jul–Dec 2025, was 3.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.4 ppb. That’s higher than 84% 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. MA3317000.
4 home internet providers serve Wellesley
100% of 7,895 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 97% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 39% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
No curbside pickup in Wellesley: trash goes to the drop-off
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Wellesley, from the town’s own site.
Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility (RDF)
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From wellesleyma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. 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.
Wellesley is in Wellesley School District.
A+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.
Wellesley spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Wellesley residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Wellesley | ZIP’s residents in Wellesley |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02481 | Wellesley Hills, MA | 58% | 100% |
| 02482 | Wellesley, MA | 36% | 100% |
| 02457 | Babson Park, MA | 5% | 100% |
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 Wellesley
Who supplies Wellesley’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wellesley Water Division (EPA ID MA3317000). 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 3.5 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Wellesley?
Town of Wellesley (Town of Wellesley - (MA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Wellesley?
Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Wellesley?
02481 (58%), 02482 (36%), 02457 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Wellesley in?
Wellesley School District.
How do I register to vote in Wellesley?
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 Wellesley 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: Wellesley’s own website (wellesleyma.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.