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The Hampton Falls handbook

Living in Hampton Falls, NH: what to set up and who to call

In Hampton Falls, trash day is Thursday (ELM Services collects). To register to vote, go to the town clerk of Hampton Falls: Hampton Falls runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hampton Falls, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Hampton Falls.

Electricity

Power comes from Unitil

Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hampton Falls. Its homes paid an average of 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 65% of Unitil’s home customers do, and Unitil still delivers it.

Start or move service: unitil.com · (800) 582-7276

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Seabrook Water Dept

Seabrook Water Dept supplies Hampton Falls: about 9% of residents live in its service area. About 89% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 14,000 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.

Lead, 90th percentile3.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. NH2111010.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Hampton Falls

100% of 920 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
Fidium FiberFiber83%2,000/2,000
T-MobileFixed wireless34%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless33%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless10%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Hampton Falls is Thursday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hampton Falls, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerELM ServicesPicks up trash in Hampton Fallshamptonfalls.org
Trash dayThursdayEvery week
Drop-offBrush DumpHours ↓
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
Drop-off

Brush Dump

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Sat8 am–noon
What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

From hamptonfalls.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Hampton Falls kids go to
PK–8Lincoln Akerman SchoolHampton Falls School District
9–12Winnacunnet High Schoolin Hampton

Hampton Falls is in two districts that split the grades: Hampton Falls School District and Winnacunnet Cooperative 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hampton Falls is in ZIP code 03844

ZIP codes where Hampton Falls residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Hampton FallsZIP’s residents in Hampton Falls
03844Hampton Falls, NH100%99%
Area code603Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Hampton Falls

Who supplies Hampton Falls’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

Seabrook Water Dept (EPA ID NH2111010). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hampton Falls?

Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Hampton Falls?

Xfinity, Fidium Fiber, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Hampton Falls?

03844. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hampton Falls in?

Hampton Falls School District and Winnacunnet Cooperative School District.

How do I register to vote in Hampton Falls?

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 Hampton Falls. 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: Hampton Falls’ own website (hamptonfalls.org), read Oct 22, 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.