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The Fairport handbook

Living in Fairport, NY: what to set up and who to call

An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for the Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA), which supplies Fairport. Fairport runs its own electric utility, Village of Fairport; its homes paid 7.8¢ per kWh in 2025.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fairport, 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 Fairport.

Electricity

Power comes from Village of Fairport

Village of Fairport (Village of Fairport - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves all of Fairport. Its homes paid an average of 7.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $97 a month (its average across New York).

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 Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA)

The Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA) supplies almost all of Fairport. It draws surface water and serves 525,262 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), beginning Jan 2025. 93% of the 42 systems serving 500,001–1,000,000 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2025: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile5.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 5.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.2 ppb. That’s higher than 80% 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. NY2701047.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Fairport

99% of 2,059 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/1,000
Greenlight NetworksFiber81%8,000/8,000
FrontierDSL, Fiber76%7,000/7,000
VerizonFixed wireless89%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless83%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Fairport depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbcms9files.revize.com
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

Holiday weeks

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

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Paper
  • Metal cans (with or without lids)
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Drink boxes
  • Gable-top cartons
  • Empty aerosol cans (no paints or pesticides)
  • Clean pizza boxes
  • Paper boxes with the plastic liner removed
  • Books (including phone books)
  • Gift wrap
  • Envelopes
  • Cardboard cut into 2' by 4' lengths and taped or tied in bundles
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulk refuse piles limited to one pile 8 ft long, 4 ft wide, 4 ft high per week; collected weekly April-November and as weather and operations allow December-March; call DPW for unlisted items; electronics and appliances not accepted at curb
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagevillage.fairport.ny.us →

From cms9files.revize.com, village.fairport.ny.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-10-13. 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.

Fairport kids go to
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
10–12Fairport Senior High SchoolFairport Central School District

Fairport is in Fairport Central 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fairport is in ZIP code 14450

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of FairportZIP’s residents in Fairport
14450Fairport, NY100%13%

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 Fairport

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

The Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA) (EPA ID NY2701047). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule). 93% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fairport?

Village of Fairport (Village of Fairport - (NY)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 7.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Fairport?

Spectrum, Greenlight Networks, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Fairport?

14450. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fairport in?

Fairport Central School District.

How do I register to vote in Fairport?

In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Monroe County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.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: Fairport’s own website (cms9files.revize.com, village.fairport.ny.us), 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.