Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bainbridge, PA: what to set up and who to call
Bainbridge has no town government of its own, so Lancaster County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Elizabethtown Area School District. Elizabethtown Public Library, 5.0 miles away, is the closest library to Bainbridge.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bainbridge, 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 Bainbridge.
Power comes from Met-Ed
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bainbridge.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bainbridge Water Authority
Bainbridge Water Authority supplies Bainbridge: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% 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 1,200 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1994, was 13.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1994: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. PA7360003.
5 home internet providers serve Bainbridge
99% of 571 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 98% | 2,000/250 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 81% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 94% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 89% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 88% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Bainbridge’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bainbridge.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bainbridge is in Elizabethtown Area School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Bainbridge is unincorporated, so Lancaster County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jan 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bainbridge is in ZIP code 17502
ZIP codes where Bainbridge residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bainbridge | ZIP’s residents in Bainbridge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17502 | Bainbridge, PA | 100% | 57% |
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 Bainbridge
Who supplies Bainbridge’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bainbridge Water Authority (EPA ID PA7360003). 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 13.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1994), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bainbridge?
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Bainbridge?
Xfinity, Brightspeed, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bainbridge?
17502. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bainbridge in?
Elizabethtown Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Bainbridge?
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 Lancaster 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: 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 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.