Living in Mount Bethel, PA: what to set up and who to call
All of Mount Bethel gets its mail under one ZIP code, 18343. For emergencies, Mount Bethel is closest to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono, 7.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Bethel, 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 Mount Bethel.
Power comes from Met-Ed
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Bethel.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Portland Boro Authority
Portland Boro Authority supplies Mount Bethel: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% 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 1,100 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 8.0 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. PA3480059.
5 home internet providers serve Mount Bethel
96% of 187 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Electric | Cable | 93% | 1,000/40 |
| Frontier | DSL | 82% | 10/1 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 55% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 45% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 40% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Mount Bethel’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mount Bethel.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mount Bethel is in Bangor 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
Mount Bethel is unincorporated, so the county is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Mount Bethel is in ZIP code 18343
ZIP codes where Mount Bethel residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Bethel | ZIP’s residents in Mount Bethel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18343 | Mount Bethel, PA | 100% | 9% |
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 Mount Bethel
Who supplies Mount Bethel’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Portland Boro Authority (EPA ID PA3480059). 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 8.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Bethel?
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Mount Bethel?
Service Electric, Frontier, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Bethel?
18343. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Bethel in?
Bangor Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Mount Bethel?
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 Northampton 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.