Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Ambler, PA: what to set up and who to call
In Ambler, trash day is Monday (J. P. Mascaro & Sons collects). Ambler has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ambler, 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 Ambler.
Power comes from PECO Energy
PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ambler. Its homes paid an average of 18.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $136 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of PECO Energy’s home customers do, and PECO Energy still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ambler Boro Water Dept
Ambler Boro Water Dept supplies almost all of Ambler. It draws surface water (EPA lists North Wales Water Authority and Aqua Pa Main System as sellers) and serves 20,000 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 73% 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. PA1460020.
4 home internet providers serve Ambler
100% of 2,007 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 96% | 2,300/2,300 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 96% | 1,200/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 88% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 23% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Ambler is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Ambler, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Aluminum & metal cans
- Clear & colored glass
- Number 1-7 plastic containers and bottles
- Cartons – food and beverage cartons such as milk, juice, soup, broth, etc.
- Loose metal jar lids & steel bottle caps
- Newspapers, magazines, brochures & inserts
- Paperboard boxes (e.g., cereal, pasta & tissue)
- Cardboard beverage carriers
- Office paper
- File folders & greeting cards
- Regular & junk mail
- Flattened cardboard, corrugated cardboard & paper bags
- Paperback books, paper towel rolls
- Any other non-waxed paper products
- Flexible plastics such as plastic pouches, wraps & bags
From boroughofambler.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2021. 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.
Ambler is in Wissahickon School District.
A+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 Aug 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ambler is in ZIP code 19002
ZIP codes where Ambler residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ambler | ZIP’s residents in Ambler |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19002 | Ambler, PA | 100% | 20% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Ambler
Who supplies Ambler’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ambler Boro Water Dept (EPA ID PA1460020). 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 2.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ambler?
PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ambler?
Verizon, Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ambler?
19002. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ambler in?
Wissahickon School District.
How do I register to vote in Ambler?
In Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Check your registration at pavoterservices.pa.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: Ambler’s own website (boroughofambler.com), 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.