Big Rockfish Presbyterian Church · Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Hope Mills, NC: what to set up and who to call
Power in Hope Mills comes from Fayetteville Public Works Commission, a municipal utility rather than a private company. The closest public drop-off to Hope Mills is Camden Convenience and Recycling Center, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hope Mills, 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 Hope Mills.
Power comes from Fayetteville Public Works Commission
Fayetteville Public Works Commission (Fayetteville Public Works Commission), a municipal utility, serves all of Hope Mills. Its homes paid an average of 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $122 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 Fayetteville Public Works Comm
Fayetteville Public Works Comm supplies Hope Mills: about 66% of residents live in its service area. Cardinal Care of Hope Mills serves another 29%. About 28% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 226,441 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 2026–Dec 2028, 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. NC0326010.
6 home internet providers serve Hope Mills
99% of 6,054 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 81% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 87% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 45% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 98% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 42% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hope Mills depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hope Mills, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on townofhopemills.com
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Flattened, corrugated cardboard boxes
- Magazines
- Office paper
- Junk mail
- Brown paper bags
- Newspaper
- Paperboard (cereal, cracker, drink, and snack boxes)
- Phone books
- Glass bottles and jars
- Plastic bottles (#1 - 7)
- Paper cardboard (dairy and juice containers)
- Aluminum cans, foil, and pie tins
- Steel or tin cans
From townofhopemills.com, 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.
Hope Mills is in Cumberland 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 Sep 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hope Mills spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hope Mills residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hope Mills | ZIP’s residents in Hope Mills |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28348 | Hope Mills, NC | 73% | 35% |
| 28306 | Fayetteville, NC | 16% | 7% |
| 28371 | Parkton, NC | 9% | 22% |
| 28304 | Fayetteville, NC | 2% | 1% |
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 Hope Mills
Who supplies Hope Mills’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Fayetteville Public Works Comm (EPA ID NC0326010). 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 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hope Mills?
Fayetteville Public Works Commission (Fayetteville Public Works Commission), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hope Mills?
Spectrum, Metronet, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hope Mills?
28348 (73%), 28306 (16%), 28371 (9%), 28304 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hope Mills in?
Cumberland County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Hope Mills?
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 Cumberland 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: Hope Mills’ own website (townofhopemills.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.