Photo: Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Hastings, MN: what to set up and who to call
All of Hastings gets its mail under one ZIP code, 55033. M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital, 14.3 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hastings, 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 Hastings.
Power comes from Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility, serves 74.7% of Hastings residents. 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 Hastings water system
The Hastings water system supplies almost all of Hastings. It draws ground water and serves 23,222 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 Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. MN1190012.
9 home internet providers serve Hastings
100% of 7,485 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| HBC | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 70% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Quantum Fiber | Fiber | 31% | 8,000/8,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL, Fiber | 24% | 100/10 |
| Southeast MN Wifi | Fixed wireless | 100% | 300/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 50% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Tennis Sanitation picks up trash in Hastings
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hastings, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Hastings Drop-off
425 31st Street E (enter off Commerce Drive), Minnesota Coaches Inc. parking lot
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Paper: newspaper, inserts, magazines, catalogs, mail and office paper
- Cardboard: corrugated cardboard and paperboard (e.g. cracker boxes)
- Cartons: milk, juice, soup, broth, wine cartons and juice boxes
- Metal cans: aluminum, tin and steel food and beverage cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Plastic bottles, containers and jugs
The Recycling Zone
3365 Dodd Road, Eagan
From hastingsmn.gov, the town’s official site; tennissanitation.com, which hastingsmn.gov links to for trash, 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.
Hastings is in Hastings Public 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hastings is in ZIP code 55033
ZIP codes where Hastings residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hastings | ZIP’s residents in Hastings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55033 | Hastings, MN | 100% | 75% |
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 Hastings
Who supplies Hastings’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Hastings water system (EPA ID MN1190012). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hastings?
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 Hastings?
Xfinity, HBC, Quantum Fiber, CenturyLink, Southeast MN Wifi, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hastings?
55033. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hastings in?
Hastings Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Hastings?
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 Dakota 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: Hastings’ own website (hastingsmn.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (tennissanitation.com), 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.