Photo: Margaretta Lovell · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Sugarloaf Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Sugarloaf Township goes to 18249 (66% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. For a library card, the closest branch is Hazleton Area Public Library, 6.5 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sugarloaf Township, 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 Sugarloaf Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sugarloaf Township. 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 Conyngham Sugarloaf Joint Ma water system
The Conyngham Sugarloaf Joint Ma water system supplies Sugarloaf Township: about 38% of residents live in its service area. Hca Hazleton Division serves another 11%. Hca Tomhicken serves another 5%. About 47% 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 3,230 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–Jun 1999, was 30.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1999: 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. PA2400048.
5 home internet providers serve Sugarloaf Township
97% of 1,708 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 61% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Electric | Cable | 91% | 2,000/200 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 73% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 56% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 47% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 23% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sugarloaf Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sugarloaf Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sugarloaf Township is in Hazleton Area 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Sugarloaf Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Sugarloaf Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sugarloaf Township | ZIP’s residents in Sugarloaf Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249 | Sugarloaf, PA | 66% | 61% |
| 18222 | Drums, PA | 21% | 9% |
| 18202 | Hazleton, PA | 13% | 3% |
A few homes fall in 18219.
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 Sugarloaf Township
Who supplies Sugarloaf Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Conyngham Sugarloaf Joint Ma water system (EPA ID PA2400048). 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 30.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 1999), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sugarloaf Township?
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 Sugarloaf Township?
Service Electric, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sugarloaf Township?
18249 (66%), 18222 (21%), 18202 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sugarloaf Township in?
Hazleton Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Sugarloaf Township?
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 Luzerne 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.