Photo: Calzarette at en.wikipedia · Public domainLiving in Blair Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Blair Township comes from Valley Rural Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Trains stop in Blair Township, at Kladder.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Blair Township, 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 Blair Township.
Power comes from Valley Rural Electric Coop
Valley Rural Electric Coop (Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Blair Township. Its homes paid an average of 15.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth
Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth supplies Blair Township: about 48% of residents live in its service area. Hollidaysburg Muni Auth serves another 13%. Freedom Twp Water & Sewer serves another 7%. About 26% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Altoona Water Authority as seller) and serves 2,550 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 Jan–Dec 1996, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1996: 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. PA4070011.
8 home internet providers serve Blair Township
100% of 2,154 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 7% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breezeline | Cable | 94% | 1,000/50 |
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 52% | 2,000/250 |
| Salsgiver | Fiber | 6% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Crowsnest Broadband | Fixed wireless | 92% | 400/100 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 79% | 100/20 |
| In The Stix Broadband | Fixed wireless | 33% | 50/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Blair Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Blair Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Blair Township is in Hollidaysburg Area 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Blair Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Blair Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Blair Township | ZIP’s residents in Blair Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16635 | Duncansville, PA | 68% | 28% |
| 16648 | Hollidaysburg, PA | 30% | 9% |
| 16665 | Newry, PA | 2% | 29% |
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 Blair Township
Who supplies Blair Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth (EPA ID PA4070011). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Blair Township?
Valley Rural Electric Coop (Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Blair Township?
Breezeline, Xfinity, Salsgiver, Crowsnest Broadband, T-Mobile, In The Stix Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Blair Township?
16635 (68%), 16648 (30%), 16665 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Blair Township in?
Hollidaysburg Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Blair Township?
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 Blair 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.