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The Salisbury handbook

Living in Salisbury, PA: what to set up and who to call

Power in Salisbury comes from Somerset Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Salisbury-Elk Lick School District runs the public schools in Salisbury.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Salisbury, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Salisbury.

Electricity

Power comes from Somerset Rural Elec Coop

Somerset Rural Elec Coop (Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Salisbury. Its homes paid an average of 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Salisbury Boro Water Comm

Salisbury Boro Water Comm supplies almost all of Salisbury. It draws ground water and serves 725 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile13.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 13.0 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. PA4560041.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Salisbury

100% of 355 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
VerizonFixed wireless86%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless64%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless17%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Salisbury’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Salisbury.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Salisbury kids go to
K–6Salisbury-Elk Lick El SchSalisbury-Elk Lick School District
7–12Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHSSalisbury-Elk Lick School District

Salisbury is in Salisbury-Elk Lick 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Salisbury is in ZIP code 15558

ZIP codes where Salisbury residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of SalisburyZIP’s residents in Salisbury
15558Salisbury, PA100%37%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Salisbury

Who supplies Salisbury’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Salisbury Boro Water Comm (EPA ID PA4560041). 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 13.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Salisbury?

Somerset Rural Elec Coop (Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Salisbury?

Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Salisbury?

15558. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Salisbury in?

Salisbury-Elk Lick School District.

How do I register to vote in Salisbury?

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 Somerset 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.