Photo: BakedintheHole · CC BY 4.0Living in Hampstead, NH: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the town clerk of Hampstead: Hampstead runs its own elections. The closest public drop-off to Hampstead is Salem Transfer Station, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hampstead, 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 Hampstead.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hampstead. Its homes paid an average of 24.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 43% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.
Start or move service: eversource.com · (800) 662-7764
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hampstead Area Water
Hampstead Area Water supplies Hampstead: about 81% of residents live in its service area. About 15% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Salem Water Dept as seller) and serves 7,153 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. NH1031010.
6 home internet providers serve Hampstead
99% of 3,360 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 13% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 35% | 10/1 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 11% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 50% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 13% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 6% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hampstead is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hampstead, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Wed or Thu)Look up your day on hampsteadnh.us
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, Sat
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
Kent Farm Transfer Station
311 Kent Farm Road, Hampstead
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From hampsteadnh.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, 3/1/26, March 11, 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.
Hampstead is in Hampstead 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Hampstead spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hampstead residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hampstead | ZIP’s residents in Hampstead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03841 | Hampstead, NH | 72% | 100% |
| 03826 | East Hampstead, NH | 28% | 93% |
A few homes fall in 03038, 03873.
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 Hampstead
Who supplies Hampstead’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hampstead Area Water (EPA ID NH1031010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hampstead?
Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 24.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hampstead?
Xfinity, Consolidated Communications, Fidium Fiber, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hampstead?
03841 (72%), 03826 (28%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hampstead in?
Hampstead School District.
How do I register to vote in Hampstead?
New Hampshire has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail only in special circumstances (received 13 days before). Elections here are run by the Town Clerk of Hampstead. Check your registration at app.sos.nh.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: Hampstead’s own website (hampsteadnh.us), 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 19, 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.