Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lavallette, NJ: what to set up and who to call
Lavallette runs its own electric utility, Borough of Lavallette. Almost every address in Lavallette can get fiber (100%, by the FCC’s map).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lavallette, 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 Lavallette.
Power comes from Borough of Lavallette
Borough of Lavallette (Borough of Lavallette - (NJ)), a municipal utility, serves all of Lavallette.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lavallette Water Dept
Lavallette Water Dept supplies almost all of Lavallette. It draws ground water and serves 25,000 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.5 ppb. That’s higher than 51% 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. NJ1515001.
4 home internet providers serve Lavallette
100% of 2,484 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 980/880 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 94% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 94% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Lavallette
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lavallette, from the town’s own site.
Lavallette Recycling Center
Corner of Washington and Baltimore Avenue, Lavallette, NJ
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Glass bottles
- Aluminum cans
- Tin cans
- Newspapers
- Mixed paper
- Junk mail
- Shredded paper
- Cardboard
- Magazines
From lavallette.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 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.
Lavallette is in Lavallette Borough 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 Jul 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lavallette is in ZIP code 08735
ZIP codes where Lavallette residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lavallette | ZIP’s residents in Lavallette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08735 | Lavallette, NJ | 100% | 58% |
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 Lavallette
Who supplies Lavallette’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lavallette Water Dept (EPA ID NJ1515001). 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 1.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lavallette?
Borough of Lavallette (Borough of Lavallette - (NJ)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Lavallette?
Optimum, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lavallette?
08735. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lavallette in?
Lavallette Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Lavallette?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Ocean County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.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: Lavallette’s own website (lavallette.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 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.