Photo: cappi thompson from Gorham, New Hampshire, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Laconia, NH: what to set up and who to call
Power in Laconia comes from New Hampshire Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Laconia has its own drop-off, Laconia Transfer Station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Laconia, 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 Laconia.
Power comes from New Hampshire Elec Coop
New Hampshire Elec Coop (New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Laconia. Its homes paid an average of 24.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $151 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of New Hampshire Elec Coop’s home customers do, and New Hampshire Elec Coop still delivers it.
Start or move service: nhec.com · (800) 698-2007
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Laconia Water Works
Laconia Water Works supplies Laconia: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 17,125 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 87% 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. NH1281010.
7 home internet providers serve Laconia
100% of 7,000 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 37% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 98% | 2,000/250 |
| Breezeline | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 63% | 40/10 |
| NH Broadband | Fiber | 2% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 64% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 25% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Laconia is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Laconia, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)Look up your day on laconianh.gov
- RecyclingEvery other week
- Bulky itemsCall to book, Wed
- Trash
- Recycling
- Trash
- No recycling
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
Laconia Transfer Station
385 Meredith Center Road, Laconia, NH 03246
- Mon7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Tue7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Wed7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Thu7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Fri7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
Cost: Annual dump sticker $25.00 (calendar year); day pass $5.00
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastics #1 through #5
- Soft drink and liquor bottles
- Milk, water, juice containers
- Laundry, bleach and cleaning containers
- Aluminum cans (soft drink, juice and other beverage cans)
- Steel (tin, soup cans and metal jar lids)
- Aluminum pie tins
- Aerosol cans (EMPTY) (Non-paint or pesticide)
- Paper food boxes (discard liners)
- Paper towel rolls
- Writing pad backs
- Clear, brown, green and blue glass food jars and beverage containers
From laconianh.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, 8/22/24, July 1, 2022. 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.
Laconia is in Laconia School District.
DSchool 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.
Laconia is in ZIP code 03246
ZIP codes where Laconia residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Laconia | ZIP’s residents in Laconia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03246 | Laconia, NH | 100% | 100% |
03247 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Laconia
Who supplies Laconia’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Laconia Water Works (EPA ID NH1281010). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Laconia?
New Hampshire Elec Coop (New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 24.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Laconia?
Xfinity, Breezeline, Consolidated Communications, NH Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Laconia?
03246. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Laconia in?
Laconia School District.
How do I register to vote in Laconia?
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 City Clerk of Laconia. 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: Laconia’s own website (laconianh.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 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.