Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Living in Meadville, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Meadville comes from Northwestern Rural E C A, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Crawford Central School District runs the public schools in Meadville.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Meadville, 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 Meadville.
Power comes from Northwestern Rural E C A
Northwestern Rural E C A (Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Meadville. Its homes paid an average of 16.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $151 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 Meadville Area Water Authority
Meadville Area Water Authority supplies almost all of Meadville. It draws ground water and serves 17,339 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 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 51% 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. PA6200036.
5 home internet providers serve Meadville
100% of 4,162 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/20 |
| Kinetic | Fiber, DSL | 98% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 70% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 14% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 14% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Meadville is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Meadville, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)The town’s pickup schedule (PDF)
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on cityofmeadville.org →
- Bulky itemsCall to book
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
From cityofmeadville.org, cms2.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025, June 2026 - May 2027. 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.
Meadville is in Crawford Central School District.
C+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.
Meadville is in ZIP code 16335
ZIP codes where Meadville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Meadville | ZIP’s residents in Meadville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16335 | Meadville, PA | 100% | 48% |
16388 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Meadville
Who supplies Meadville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Meadville Area Water Authority (EPA ID PA6200036). 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 1.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Meadville?
Northwestern Rural E C A (Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Meadville?
Armstrong, Kinetic, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Meadville?
16335. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Meadville in?
Crawford Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Meadville?
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 Crawford 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: Meadville’s own website (cityofmeadville.org, cms2.revize.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.