Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Scranton, PA: what to set up and who to call
Scranton has its own drop-off, Lackawanna County Recycling, on 3400 Boulevard Avenue. Scranton has a train station, Electric City Trolley Station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Scranton, 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 Scranton.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Scranton. 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 Pa Amer Water Co Lake Scranton
Pa Amer Water Co Lake Scranton supplies almost all of Scranton. It draws surface water and serves 137,142 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. That’s lower than 59% 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. PA2359008.
10 home internet providers serve Scranton
100% of 22,527 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 81% | 2,300/2,300 |
| North Penn Long Distance | Fiber | 67% | 1,000/100 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 62% | 100/20 |
| Astound Broadband | Fiber, Cable | 42% | 1,500/1,500 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 26% | 7,000/7,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Scranton: every other week
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Scranton, from the town’s own site.
Lackawanna County Recycling
3400 Boulevard Avenue, Dunmore, PA, 18512
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic Bottles, Jugs, Tubs, and Cups
- Glass Bottles and Containers
- Aluminum, Steel, and Tin Bottles and Containers
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Cold/Hot Paper Beverage Cups
- Paperboard
- Cereal and Tissue Boxes
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Copy Paper
- All Types of Writing Paper
From scrantonpa.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-01-05, 2026-01-15, February 25, 2025, June 25, 2025. 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.
Scranton is in Scranton 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.
Scranton spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Scranton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Scranton | ZIP’s residents in Scranton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18505 | Scranton, PA | 27% | 97% |
| 18504 | Scranton, PA | 26% | 94% |
| 18510 | Scranton, PA | 17% | 91% |
| 18508 | Scranton, PA | 15% | 97% |
| 18509 | Scranton, PA | 13% | 73% |
| 18503 | Scranton, PA | 2% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 18519, 18411. 18501, 18502, 18515, 18540, 18577 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Scranton
Who supplies Scranton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pa Amer Water Co Lake Scranton (EPA ID PA2359008). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Scranton?
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 Scranton?
Xfinity, Verizon, North Penn Long Distance, AT&T, Astound Broadband, Frontier (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Scranton?
18505 (27%), 18504 (26%), 18510 (17%), 18508 (15%), 18509 (13%), 18503 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Scranton in?
Scranton School District.
How do I register to vote in Scranton?
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 Lackawanna 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: Scranton’s own website (scrantonpa.gov), 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.