Photo: Gerry Dincher from Hope Mills, NC · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Coats, NC: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Coats comes from the Town of Coats water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Coats comes from Town of Black Creek, a municipal utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Coats, 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 Coats.
Power comes from Town of Black Creek
Town of Black Creek (Town of Black Creek - (NC)), a municipal utility, serves 95.1% of Coats residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town of Coats water system
The Town of Coats water system supplies almost all of Coats. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Harnett Regional Water as seller) and serves 3,052 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. NC0343020.
6 home internet providers serve Coats
99% of 927 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 94% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Ripple Fiber | Fiber | 33% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 68% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 41% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 4% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Coats’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Coats.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Coats is in Harnett County Schools.
C+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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Coats is in ZIP code 27521
ZIP codes where Coats residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Coats | ZIP’s residents in Coats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27521 | Coats, NC | 100% | 34% |
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 Coats
Who supplies Coats’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Coats water system (EPA ID NC0343020). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Coats?
Town of Black Creek (Town of Black Creek - (NC)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Coats?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Ripple Fiber, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Coats?
27521. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Coats in?
Harnett County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Coats?
In North Carolina you can register online until 25 days before Election Day, in person with same-day registration during the early voting period, or by mail (postmarked 25 days before). Elections here are run by the Harnett County Board of Elections. Check your registration at vt.ncsbe.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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.