Living in Holiday Pocono, PA: what to set up and who to call
The latest lead test reported by Beaver Run Water Association, which supplies Holiday Pocono, came in at 25.8 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), above the 15 ppb action level. Holiday Pocono has no town government of its own, so Carbon County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Jim Thorpe Area School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Holiday Pocono, 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 Holiday Pocono.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Holiday Pocono. Its homes paid an average of 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 36% of PPL Electric Utilities’ home customers do, and PPL Electric Utilities still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Beaver Run Water Association
Beaver Run Water Association supplies Holiday Pocono: about 32% of residents live in its service area. About 68% 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 50 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 25.8 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 63.5 ppb. That’s higher than 99% 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. PA3130038.
5 home internet providers serve Holiday Pocono
100% of 476 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Cable Technologies | Cable | 100% | 2,000/40 |
| Breezeline | Cable | 8% | 1,000/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 69% | 25/6 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 5% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Holiday Pocono.
Penn Forest Twp. Transfer Station
88 Transfer Station Road, Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229
This isn’t Holiday Pocono’s own facility. Whether Holiday Pocono residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Holiday Pocono is in Jim Thorpe 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
Holiday Pocono is unincorporated, so Carbon 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.
Holiday Pocono is in ZIP code 18210
ZIP codes where Holiday Pocono residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Holiday Pocono | ZIP’s residents in Holiday Pocono |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210 | Albrightsville, PA | 100% | 7% |
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 Holiday Pocono
Who supplies Holiday Pocono’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Beaver Run Water Association (EPA ID PA3130038). 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 25.8 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Holiday Pocono?
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Holiday Pocono?
Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Breezeline, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Holiday Pocono?
18210. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Holiday Pocono in?
Jim Thorpe Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Holiday Pocono?
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 Carbon 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.