Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Manassas, VA: what to set up and who to call
Manassas runs its own electric utility, City of Manassas; its homes paid 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025. Elections in Manassas are run by Manassas itself; register with the Manassas General Registrar.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Manassas, 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 Manassas.
Power comes from City of Manassas
City of Manassas (City of Manassas - (VA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Manassas. Its homes paid an average of 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $136 a month (its average across Virginia).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Manassas water system
The City of Manassas water system supplies Manassas: about 74% of residents live in its service area. City of Manassas Park serves another 21%. Pwcsa - West serves another 5%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Pwcsa - West as seller) and serves 42,696 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 Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 65% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. VA6685100.
4 home internet providers serve Manassas
100% of 9,292 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 95% | 980/880 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 44% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 38% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Manassas
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Manassas, from the town’s own site.
Manassas Transfer Station
8305 Quarry Road, Manassas, VA 20110
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Metal food and beverage cans
- Food and beverage plastic containers
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Cardboard boxes that are broken down
From manassasva.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Manassas is in Manassas City Public Schools.
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 Sep 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Manassas is in ZIP code 20110
ZIP codes where Manassas residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Manassas | ZIP’s residents in Manassas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20110 | Manassas, VA | 100% | 87% |
20108, 20113 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 Manassas
Who supplies Manassas’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Manassas water system (EPA ID VA6685100). 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 0.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Manassas?
City of Manassas (City of Manassas - (VA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Manassas?
Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Manassas?
20110. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Manassas in?
Manassas City Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Manassas?
In Virginia you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 11 days before). Elections here are run by the Manassas General Registrar. Check your registration at vote.elections.virginia.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: Manassas’ own website (manassasva.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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.