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2018-09-16 15 25 28 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) between Exit 50 and Exit 58, entering Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County from Bass River Township, Burlington County in New JerseyPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Little Egg Harbor Township handbook

Living in Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ: what to set up and who to call

Two school districts split the grades in Little Egg Harbor Township: Little Egg Harbor Township School District and Pinelands Region School District. For emergencies, Little Egg Harbor Township is closest to Southern Ocean Medical Center, 6.4 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Little Egg Harbor Township, 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 Little Egg Harbor Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Atlantic City Electric

Atlantic City Electric (Atlantic City Electric Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Little Egg Harbor Township. Its homes paid an average of 25.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 7% of Atlantic City Electric’s home customers do, and Atlantic City Electric still delivers it.

Start or move service: atlanticcityelectric.com · (800) 642-3780

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 Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu water system

The Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu water system supplies Little Egg Harbor Township: about 85% 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 draws ground water and serves 24,215 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. NJ1516001.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Little Egg Harbor Township

100% of 10,103 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
VerizonFixed wireless76%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless67%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless66%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Little Egg Harbor Township is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Little Egg Harbor Township, from the town’s own site.

Pickup

Your pickup week

Holiday weeks

When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.

Drop-off

Little Egg Harbor Township Recycling & Compost Center

1363 Route 539, Little Egg Harbor Twp.

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Clean cardboard boxes (including clean pizza boxes)
  • Glass bottles & jars
  • Aluminum bottles, foil & trays
  • Metal food cans
  • Plastics #1, #2 & #5 (bottles, jars, tubs, cups, milk jugs)
  • Bottle caps accepted only when attached
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOnce a month

From leht.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-05T15:07:07-04:00, 2026-10-13, 2026-10-13T18:16:28-04:00, 2026-10-20. 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.

Little Egg Harbor Township kids go to
K–2George J. Mitchell Elementary SchoolLittle Egg Harbor Township School District
3–6Frog Pond Elementary SchoolLittle Egg Harbor Township School District
7–8Pinelands Regional Jr. High SchoolPinelands Region School District
9–12Pinelands Regional High SchoolPinelands Region School District

Little Egg Harbor Township is in two districts that split the grades: Little Egg Harbor Township School District and Pinelands Region 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Little Egg Harbor Township is in ZIP code 08087

ZIP codes where Little Egg Harbor Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Little Egg Harbor TownshipZIP’s residents in Little Egg Harbor Township
08087Tuckerton, NJ100%82%

A few homes fall in 08005, 08008.

Area code609Wikidata

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 Little Egg Harbor Township

Who supplies Little Egg Harbor Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu water system (EPA ID NJ1516001). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Little Egg Harbor Township?

Atlantic City Electric (Atlantic City Electric Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 25.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Little Egg Harbor Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Little Egg Harbor Township?

08087. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Little Egg Harbor Township in?

Little Egg Harbor Township School District and Pinelands Region School District.

How do I register to vote in Little Egg Harbor Township?

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: Little Egg Harbor Township’s own website (leht.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.