Photo: Gabriel Vanslette · CC BY 3.0Living in Arden Hills, MN: what to set up and who to call
All of Arden Hills gets its mail under one ZIP code, 55112. The closest ER is M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital, 7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Arden Hills, 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 Arden Hills.
Power comes from Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Arden Hills. Its homes paid an average of 17.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $105 a month (its average across Minnesota).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Arden Hills water system
The Arden Hills water system supplies almost all of Arden Hills. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists New Brighton and Roseville and Shoreview as sellers) and serves 10,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. MN1620001.
6 home internet providers serve Arden Hills
100% of 2,695 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 33% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| CenturyLink | DSL, Fiber | 54% | 940/200 |
| Quantum Fiber | Fiber | 37% | 2,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 96% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 82% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 65% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
In Arden Hills, you hire your own trash hauler
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Arden Hills, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Cardboard & non-greasy pizza boxes (flattened to smaller than 3ft x3 ft)
- Magazines, mail, phone books, office paper
- Newspaper and inserts
- Boxboard (i.e. cereal, pasta, food, pop and beer boxes)
- Glass bottles and jars (empty, rinse, dry)
- Milk cartons and juice boxes (remove lids, rinse, flatten)
- Steel and aluminum cans, foil and trays (rinse clean, labels are OK)
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cityofardenhills.org →
From cityofardenhills.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.
Most of Arden Hills (99%) is in Mounds View Public 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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Arden Hills is in ZIP code 55112
ZIP codes where Arden Hills residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Arden Hills | ZIP’s residents in Arden Hills |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55112 | Saint Paul, MN | 100% | 21% |
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 Arden Hills
Who supplies Arden Hills’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Arden Hills water system (EPA ID MN1620001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Arden Hills?
Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Arden Hills?
Xfinity, CenturyLink, Quantum Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Arden Hills?
55112. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Arden Hills in?
Mounds View Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Arden Hills?
In Minnesota 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 Ramsey County Elections. Check your registration at mnvotes.sos.state.mn.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: Arden Hills’ own website (cityofardenhills.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 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.