Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Penn Yan, NY: what to set up and who to call
Penn Yan runs its own electric utility, Village of Penn Yan. Penn Yan Central School District runs the public schools in Penn Yan.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Penn Yan, 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 Penn Yan.
Power comes from Village of Penn Yan
Village of Penn Yan (Village of Penn Yan - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves 98.5% of Penn Yan residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Penn Yan Village water system
The Penn Yan Village water system supplies Penn Yan: about 97% of residents live in its service area. About 3% 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 5,248 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 59% 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. NY6101263.
5 home internet providers serve Penn Yan
96% of 1,826 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Empire Long Distance | Fiber | 83% | 1,000/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 67% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 25/3 |
| CBN | Fixed wireless | 22% | 100/100 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Penn Yan
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Penn Yan, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check villageofpennyan.gov →
From villageofpennyan.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.
Penn Yan is in Penn Yan 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.
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.
Penn Yan is in ZIP code 14527
ZIP codes where Penn Yan residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Penn Yan | ZIP’s residents in Penn Yan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14527 | Penn Yan, NY | 100% | 40% |
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 Penn Yan
Who supplies Penn Yan’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Penn Yan Village water system (EPA ID NY6101263). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Penn Yan?
Village of Penn Yan (Village of Penn Yan - (NY)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Penn Yan?
Spectrum, Empire Long Distance, Verizon, T-Mobile, CBN (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Penn Yan?
14527. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Penn Yan in?
Penn Yan Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Penn Yan?
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 Yates 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: Penn Yan’s own website (villageofpennyan.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.