Living in White Mills, PA: what to set up and who to call
White Mills has no town government of its own, so Wayne County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Wallenpaupack Area School District. For emergencies, White Mills is closest to Wayne Memorial Hospital, 4 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in White Mills, 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 White Mills.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of White Mills. 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 Canal Mobile Home Park
Canal Mobile Home Park supplies White Mills: about 35% of residents live in its service area. About 65% 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 200 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 1996, was 4.5 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. PA2640012.
5 home internet providers serve White Mills
98% of 307 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Cable Technologies | Cable | 98% | 2,000/40 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 44% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 25% | 100/20 |
| ICON Technologies | Fixed wireless | 8% | 100/50 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have White Mills’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in White Mills.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of White Mills (92%) is in Wallenpaupack Area School District; parts are in Wayne Highlands School District (8%).
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.
No town hall: the county runs things
White Mills is unincorporated, so Wayne County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
White Mills spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where White Mills residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of White Mills | ZIP’s residents in White Mills |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18473 | White Mills, PA | 64% | 99% |
| 18428 | Hawley, PA | 33% | 2% |
| 18431 | Honesdale, PA | 3% | 0% |
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 White Mills
Who supplies White Mills’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Canal Mobile Home Park (EPA ID PA2640012). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.5 ppb (Jan–Jun 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in White Mills?
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 White Mills?
Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, ICON Technologies (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in White Mills?
18473 (64%), 18428 (33%), 18431 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is White Mills in?
Wallenpaupack Area School District. Parts of the city are in Wayne Highlands School District.
How do I register to vote in White Mills?
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 Wayne 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.