Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in New Wilmington, PA: what to set up and who to call
New Wilmington runs its own electric utility, Borough of New Wilmington. Tap water in New Wilmington comes from New Wilmington Boro Water Dept, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.9 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in New Wilmington, 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 New Wilmington.
Power comes from Borough of New Wilmington
Borough of New Wilmington (Borough of New Wilmington - (PA)), a municipal utility, serves all of New Wilmington.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from New Wilmington Boro Water Dept
New Wilmington Boro Water Dept supplies almost all of New Wilmington. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Aqua Pa Shenango Valley WTP as seller) and serves 4,500 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.3 ppb. That’s lower than 57% 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. PA6370035.
5 home internet providers serve New Wilmington
100% of 470 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | Cable | 100% | 1,000/20 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 6% | 1,200/35 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 89% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 80% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have New Wilmington’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Wilmington.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
New Wilmington is in Wilmington 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 Aug 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
New Wilmington spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where New Wilmington residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of New Wilmington | ZIP’s residents in New Wilmington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16142 | New Wilmington, PA | 66% | 23% |
| 16172 | New Wilmington, PA | 34% | 100% |
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 New Wilmington
Who supplies New Wilmington’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
New Wilmington Boro Water Dept (EPA ID PA6370035). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in New Wilmington?
Borough of New Wilmington (Borough of New Wilmington - (PA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve New Wilmington?
Armstrong, Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in New Wilmington?
16142 (66%), 16172 (34%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is New Wilmington in?
Wilmington Area School District.
How do I register to vote in New Wilmington?
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 Lawrence 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.