Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Stroudsburg, PA: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Stroudsburg is Twin Boroughs Recycling Center, 1 mile out; the town decides whether residents may use it. For emergencies, Stroudsburg is closest to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono, 1.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Stroudsburg, 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 Stroudsburg.
Power comes from Met-Ed
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Stroudsburg.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Brodhead Creek Reg Water Auth
Brodhead Creek Reg Water Auth supplies almost all of Stroudsburg. It draws surface water (EPA lists E Stroudsburg Boro Water Dept as seller) and serves 30,000 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 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.3 ppb. That’s lower than 64% 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. PA2450034.
6 home internet providers serve Stroudsburg
100% of 1,718 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 20% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Cable Technologies | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Stroud Media Networks | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 52% | 200/30 |
| Frontier | DSL | 3% | 115/7 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 75% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 44% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 30% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 1 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Stroudsburg.
Twin Boroughs Recycling Center
This isn’t Stroudsburg’s own facility. Whether Stroudsburg residents may use it is the town’s rule: check borough.stroudsburg.pa.us.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Stroudsburg is in Stroudsburg Area School District.
B−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.
Stroudsburg is in ZIP code 18360
ZIP codes where Stroudsburg residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Stroudsburg | ZIP’s residents in Stroudsburg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360 | Stroudsburg, PA | 100% | 20% |
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 Stroudsburg
Who supplies Stroudsburg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Brodhead Creek Reg Water Auth (EPA ID PA2450034). 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 0.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Stroudsburg?
Met-Ed (Metropolitan Edison Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Stroudsburg?
Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Stroud Media Networks, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Stroudsburg?
18360. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Stroudsburg in?
Stroudsburg Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Stroudsburg?
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 Monroe 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.