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WaldwickTrainStationApril2018Photo: Adam Moss from Tonawanda, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Waldwick handbook

Living in Waldwick, NJ: what to set up and who to call

Waldwick has its own drop-off, Environmental Renewal, LLC. Waldwick has its own train station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Waldwick, 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 Waldwick.

Electricity

Power comes from PSE&G

PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 78.5% of Waldwick residents. Its homes paid an average of 25.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $140 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 4% of PSE&G’s home customers do, and PSE&G still delivers it.

Start or move service: pseg.com · (800) 436-7734

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 Waldwick Water Dept

Waldwick Water Dept supplies almost all of Waldwick. It draws ground water and serves 10,208 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 percentile4.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 4.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.4 ppb. That’s higher than 90% 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. NJ0264001.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Waldwick

100% of 3,344 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless99%2,300/2,300
OptimumCable, Fiber96%8,000/8,000
T-MobileFixed wireless74%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless72%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Waldwick depends on your street

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

Pickup

Your pickup week

Drop-off center

Waldwick Recycling Center

19 Industrial Park

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon7:30 am–3 pm
  • Tue7:30 am–3 pm
  • Wed7:30 am–3 pm
  • Thu7:30 am–3 pm
  • Fri7:30 am–3 pm
  • Sat9 am–1 pm
The town’s recycling and trash guidesRecycle Coach →
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOnce a monthBulk items scheduled through the monthly bulk collection (waldwicknj.gov/bulk); metal and appliances through the monthly metal collection (waldwicknj.gov/metal); electronics through the monthly electronics collection (waldwicknj.gov/electronics)
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagewaldwicknj.gov →

From waldwicknj.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.

Waldwick kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Waldwick Middle SchoolWaldwick Borough School District
9–12Waldwick High SchoolWaldwick Borough School District

Waldwick is in Waldwick 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Waldwick is in ZIP code 07463

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of WaldwickZIP’s residents in Waldwick
07463Waldwick, NJ100%100%
Area code201Wikidata

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.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Waldwick

Who supplies Waldwick’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Waldwick Water Dept (EPA ID NJ0264001). 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 4.8 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Waldwick?

PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 25.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Waldwick?

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

What ZIP codes are in Waldwick?

07463. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Waldwick in?

Waldwick Borough School District.

How do I register to vote in Waldwick?

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 Bergen 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: Waldwick’s own website (waldwicknj.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 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.