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The Hermon handbook

Living in Hermon, ME: what to set up and who to call

The Boulier Place Apts water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 8.0 ppb, was higher than 95% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). To register to vote, go to the Hermon Town Clerk: Hermon runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hermon, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Hermon.

Electricity

Power comes from Central Maine Power

Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hermon. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.

Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Boulier Place Apts water system

The Boulier Place Apts water system supplies Hermon: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 95% 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 60 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile8.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 8.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 95% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090205.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Hermon

98% of 2,561 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/35
Consolidated CommunicationsDSL42%40/10
Redzone WirelessFixed wireless87%50/15
T-MobileFixed wireless50%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless19%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless17%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Hermon

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hermon, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homehermonmaine.gov
The town’s recycling and trash guidesAcceptable Recycling Chart (PDF) →

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check hermonmaine.gov →

From hermonmaine.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2016-10-24, 2018, 2025-06-12. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Hermon kids go to
PK–4Patricia A Duran SchoolHermon
5–8Hermon Middle SchoolHermon
9–12Hermon High SchoolHermon

Hermon is in Hermon.

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hermon is in ZIP code 04401

ZIP codes where Hermon residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of HermonZIP’s residents in Hermon
04401Bangor, ME100%14%
Area code207Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Hermon

Who supplies Hermon’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Boulier Place Apts water system (EPA ID ME0090205). 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 8.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hermon?

Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Hermon?

Spectrum, Consolidated Communications, Redzone Wireless, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Hermon?

04401. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hermon in?

Hermon.

How do I register to vote in Hermon?

In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Hermon Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.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: Hermon’s own website (hermonmaine.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 Aug 3, 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.