Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Johnstown, NY: what to set up and who to call
Gloversville (C) Water Works reported 2 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: odor ×2. 83% of systems its size reported none. Johnstown has its own drop-off, Mud Road Recycling Center, on Mud Road.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Johnstown, 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 Johnstown.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Johnstown. Its homes paid an average of 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $130 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: www1.nationalgridus.com · (315) 474-1511
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Gloversville (C) Water Works
Gloversville (C) Water Works supplies Johnstown: about 19% of residents live in its service area. Johnstown (C) Water Works serves another 16%. About 59% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 17,991 people in all.
2 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: odor ×2, the latest beginning Oct 2024. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 7.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 15.5 ppb. That’s higher than 96% 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. NY1700018.
4 home internet providers serve Johnstown
93% of 3,025 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 43% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 60% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 35% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 27% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Johnstown is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Johnstown, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Tue, Wed, Thu or Fri)The town’s pickup map
Mud Road Recycling Center
Mud Road, Johnstown, NY
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From cityofjohnstown.ny.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Most of Johnstown (42%) is in Johnstown City School District; parts are in Gloversville City School District (31%) and Mayfield Central School District (9%) and Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central School District (7%) and Broadalbin-Perth Central School District (6%) and Wheelerville Union Free School District (5%).
C−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 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Johnstown spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Johnstown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Johnstown | ZIP’s residents in Johnstown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12078 | Gloversville, NY | 57% | 17% |
| 12095 | Johnstown, NY | 41% | 23% |
| 13339 | Fort Plain, NY | 2% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 12068.
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 Johnstown
Who supplies Johnstown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Gloversville (C) Water Works (EPA ID NY1700018). It reported 2 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: odor ×2. 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 7.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Johnstown?
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Johnstown?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Johnstown?
12078 (57%), 12095 (41%), 13339 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Johnstown in?
Johnstown City School District. Parts of the city are in Gloversville City School District and Mayfield Central School District and Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central School District and Broadalbin-Perth Central School District and Wheelerville Union Free School District.
How do I register to vote in Johnstown?
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 Fulton 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: Johnstown’s own website (cityofjohnstown.ny.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 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.