Fort Massachusetts · Photo: Edibobb · CC BY 3.0Living in Long Beach, MS: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Mondays in Long Beach. Long Beach Public Library, 0.8 miles away, is the closest library to Long Beach.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Long Beach, 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 Long Beach.
Power comes from Mississippi Power
Mississippi Power (Mississippi Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Long Beach. Its homes paid an average of 15.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $179 a month (its average across Mississippi).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Long Beach water system
The City of Long Beach water system supplies Long Beach: about 63% of residents live in its service area. Sutter Water Service-Magnolia Springs serves another 29%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Hcua-West as seller) and serves 18,514 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 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.2 ppb. That’s higher than 78% 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. MS0240005.
6 home internet providers serve Long Beach
100% of 6,734 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/50 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 96% | 5,000/5,000 |
| CoastConnect | Fiber | 21% | 2,000/1,000 |
| C Spire | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 51% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 48% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Long Beach is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Long Beach, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans
- Clean pizza boxes
- Garden plastics
- Flattened cardboard boxes
- Empty containers
- Paper products such as newspapers, magazines, phone books
From cityoflongbeachms.info, static.wixstatic.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated October 1, 2017. 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 Long Beach (98%) is in Long Beach 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Long Beach is in ZIP code 39560
ZIP codes where Long Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Long Beach | ZIP’s residents in Long Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39560 | Long Beach, MS | 100% | 90% |
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 Long Beach
Who supplies Long Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Long Beach water system (EPA ID MS0240005). 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 2.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Long Beach?
Mississippi Power (Mississippi Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 15.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Long Beach?
Sparklight, AT&T, CoastConnect, C Spire, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Long Beach?
39560. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Long Beach in?
Long Beach School District.
How do I register to vote in Long Beach?
Mississippi has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Harrison County Registrar. Check your registration at msegov.com.
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: Long Beach’s own website (cityoflongbeachms.info, static.wixstatic.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.