Photo: Connor Williams · CC BY 2.0Living in Wellfleet, MA: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Wellfleet Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Two school districts split the grades in Wellfleet: Nauset School District and Wellfleet School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Wellfleet, 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 Wellfleet.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (NSTAR Electric Co., doing business as Eversource), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Wellfleet. 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 Wellfleet Municipal Water System
Wellfleet Municipal Water System supplies Wellfleet: about 34% of residents live in its service area. About 58% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 750 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 81% 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. MA4318094.
4 home internet providers serve Wellfleet
99% of 3,821 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 39% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 27% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 24% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Wellfleet
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Wellfleet, from the town’s own site.
Wellfleet Transfer Station / Recycling Center
370 Coles Neck Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667
The town’s page also lists “8 am-4 pm”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
- Cardboard and Mixed Paper
- Plastic Containers
- Tins
- Clear and Colored Glass Containers
- Bulky Rigid Plastic (Lawn Chairs/Storage Totes, Etc.)
From wellfleet-ma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Wellfleet is in two districts that split the grades: Nauset School District and Wellfleet 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.
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.
Wellfleet spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Wellfleet residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Wellfleet | ZIP’s residents in Wellfleet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02667 | Wellfleet, MA | 93% | 100% |
| 02663 | South Wellfleet, MA | 7% | 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Wellfleet
Who supplies Wellfleet’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wellfleet Municipal Water System (EPA ID MA4318094). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Wellfleet?
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 Wellfleet?
Xfinity, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Wellfleet?
02667 (93%), 02663 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Wellfleet in?
Nauset School District and Wellfleet School District.
How do I register to vote in Wellfleet?
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 Wellfleet 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: Wellfleet’s own website (wellfleet-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.