Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mount Arlington, NJ: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Mondays in Mount Arlington. Trains stop in Mount Arlington.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Arlington, 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 Mount Arlington.
Power comes from JCP&L
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Arlington. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 9% of JCP&L’s home customers do, and JCP&L still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mount Arlington Boro Dpw Main water system
The Mount Arlington Boro Dpw Main water system supplies Mount Arlington: about 74% of residents live in its service area. Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore serves another 17%. Mount Arlington Dpw Kadel Sys serves another 9%. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Jefferson Twp W U Lk Hop and Morris County Mua as sellers) and serves 1,978 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 86% 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. NJ1426005.
4 home internet providers serve Mount Arlington
95% of 1,459 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 59% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 59% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 55% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Mount Arlington is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mount Arlington, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week, Fri
Mount Arlington Recycling Center
1 Altenbrand Ave., Mount Arlington NJ 07856
- Sat8 am–1 pm
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastic marked #1, 2, & 5
- Glass bottles, cans, tin and aluminum
- Vegetative waste: leaves and grass only
From mountarlingtonnj.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025. 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.
Mount Arlington is in Mount Arlington 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 Apr 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Mount Arlington spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Mount Arlington residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Arlington | ZIP’s residents in Mount Arlington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07856 | Mount Arlington, NJ | 80% | 98% |
| 07850 | Landing, NJ | 20% | 19% |
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 Mount Arlington
Who supplies Mount Arlington’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mount Arlington Boro Dpw Main water system (EPA ID NJ1426005). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.5 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Arlington?
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mount Arlington?
Optimum, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Arlington?
07856 (80%), 07850 (20%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Arlington in?
Mount Arlington Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Mount Arlington?
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 Morris 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: Mount Arlington’s own website (mountarlingtonnj.org), 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.