Photo: Charlotte Jackson · CC BY 4.0Living in Hagerstown, MD: what to set up and who to call
Hagerstown runs its own electric utility, Hagerstown Light Department; its homes paid 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025. Meritus Medical Center, 2.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hagerstown, 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 Hagerstown.
Power comes from Hagerstown Light Department
Hagerstown Light Department (Hagerstown Light Department), a municipal utility, serves all of Hagerstown. Its homes paid an average of 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Maryland).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Hagerstown water system
The City of Hagerstown water system supplies almost all of Hagerstown. It draws surface water and serves 92,200 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.9 ppb. That’s lower 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. MD0210010.
6 home internet providers serve Hagerstown
100% of 12,686 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antietam Cable | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 2,300/2,300 |
| Point Broadband | Fiber | 81% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 75% | 300/20 |
| Xfinity | Fiber, Cable | 50% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 17% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 14% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hagerstown depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hagerstown, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on hagerstownmd.org →
- Bulky itemsTwice a month, Wed
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Natural and pigmented plastic containers with symbols 1 - 7
- Ferrous (iron, steel, tin) cans with food debris removed
- Construction paper, craft paper
- Fiber-board such as cereal boxes, shoe boxes, or similar
- Printer paper, computer paper, copy paper
- Junk mail, magazines, catalogs and phone books
- Corrugated cardboard
- Empty gable-top milk and juice containers (quick rinse please)
- Aerosol cans
- Glass bottles and jars
From hagerstownmd.org, 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.
Hagerstown is in Washington County Public Schools.
BSchool 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Hagerstown spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hagerstown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hagerstown | ZIP’s residents in Hagerstown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21740 | Hagerstown, MD | 77% | 51% |
| 21742 | Hagerstown, MD | 23% | 31% |
21741, 21747, 21749 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Hagerstown
Who supplies Hagerstown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Hagerstown water system (EPA ID MD0210010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hagerstown?
Hagerstown Light Department (Hagerstown Light Department), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hagerstown?
Antietam Cable, Point Broadband, Verizon, Xfinity, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hagerstown?
21740 (77%), 21742 (23%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hagerstown in?
Washington County Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Hagerstown?
In Maryland you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Washington County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterservices.elections.maryland.gov.
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: Hagerstown’s own website (hagerstownmd.org), 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 Mar 11, 2026 (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.