Photo: Aaron Hines/City of Greenville · Public domainLiving in Greenville, NC: what to set up and who to call
Greenville runs its own electric utility, Greenville Utilities Comm; its homes paid 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025. The closest public drop-off to Greenville is Point Terminal Recycling Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Greenville, 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 Greenville.
Power comes from Greenville Utilities Comm
Greenville Utilities Comm (Greenville Utilities Comm), a municipal utility, serves 97.8% of Greenville residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across North Carolina).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Greenville Utilities Comm
Greenville Utilities Comm supplies Greenville: about 92% of residents live in its service area. Bell Arthur Water Corp serves another 6%. It draws surface water (EPA lists Eastern Pines Water Corp and Town of Winterville and Bell Arthur Water Corp and Stokes Regional Water Corp as sellers) and serves 103,140 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 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. NC0474010.
6 home internet providers serve Greenville
98% of 26,270 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 95% | 940/35 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 79% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 48% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 66% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 51% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 44% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Greenville: every week
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Greenville, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check greenvillenc.gov →
From greenvillenc.gov, 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.
Greenville is in Pitt 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 May 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Greenville spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Greenville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Greenville | ZIP’s residents in Greenville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27834 | Greenville, NC | 43% | 69% |
| 27858 | Greenville, NC | 43% | 71% |
| 28590 | Winterville, NC | 14% | 44% |
27833, 27835, 27836 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Greenville
Who supplies Greenville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Greenville Utilities Comm (EPA ID NC0474010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% 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 Greenville?
Greenville Utilities Comm (Greenville Utilities Comm), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Greenville?
Optimum, Metronet, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Greenville?
27834 (43%), 27858 (43%), 28590 (14%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Greenville in?
Pitt County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Greenville?
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 Pitt 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: Greenville’s own website (greenvillenc.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 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.