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The Tivoli handbook

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

Tap water in most of Tivoli comes from Tivoli Village Water, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.8 ppb. Public schools here are run by Red Hook Central School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Tivoli, 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 Tivoli.

Electricity

Power comes from Central Hudson Gas & Elec

Central Hudson Gas & Elec (Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Tivoli. Its homes paid an average of 27.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $193 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 9% of Central Hudson Gas & Elec’s home customers do, and Central Hudson Gas & Elec still delivers it.

Start or move service: centralhudson.com · (845) 452-2700

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 Tivoli Village Water

Tivoli Village Water supplies Tivoli: about 89% of residents live in its service area. About 11% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 1,303 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. That’s lower than 55% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY1302778.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Tivoli

93% of 379 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable93%1,000/35
FrontierDSL79%70/3
VerizonFixed wireless7%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless2%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Tivoli’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Tivoli.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Tivoli kids go to
PK–5Mill Road-Elementary Schoolin Red Hook
6–9Linden Avenue Middle Schoolin Red Hook
10–12Red Hook Senior High Schoolin Red Hook

Tivoli is in Red Hook 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 May 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Tivoli is in ZIP code 12583

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of TivoliZIP’s residents in Tivoli
12583Tivoli, NY100%46%

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 Tivoli

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

Tivoli Village Water (EPA ID NY1302778). 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 0.8 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Tivoli?

Central Hudson Gas & Elec (Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Tivoli?

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

What ZIP codes are in Tivoli?

12583. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Tivoli in?

Red Hook Central School District.

How do I register to vote in Tivoli?

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 Dutchess 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • 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.