Photo: User: Kubigula · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Suffolk, VA: what to set up and who to call
Suffolk Transfer Station takes trash and recycling in Suffolk, open Mon–Fri 8 am–4 pm, Sat 8 am–12 pm (OpenStreetMap). To register to vote, go to the Suffolk General Registrar: Suffolk runs its own elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Suffolk, 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 Suffolk.
Power comes from Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy (Virginia Electric & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Suffolk. Its homes paid an average of 15.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $158 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 Suffolk water system
The City of Suffolk water system supplies Suffolk: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 13% 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 City of Portsmouth as seller) and serves 69,822 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 57% 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. VA3800805.
5 home internet providers serve Suffolk
97% of 35,831 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Glo Fiber | Fiber | 61% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 48% | 980/880 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 44% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 42% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Suffolk depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Suffolk, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on experience.arcgis.com
- RecyclingEvery week
SPSA Regional Landfill recycling convenience center
1 Bob Foeller Drive, Suffolk, VA 23434
- Mon8 am–4 pm
- Tue8 am–4 pm
- Wed8 am–4 pm
- Thu8 am–4 pm
- Fri8 am–4 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic #1 and #2 bottles and jugs (clear and pigmented)
- Clear plastic #1 clamshell containers
- Plastic #5 containers
- Tin and steel cans
- Off-spec aluminum and other ferrous materials
- Clean cardboard and paper
- Grocery bags
- Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam
- Rigid plastic
- Other plastic films
Butler Paper Recycling
324 Newport St, Suffolk
Arzillo Recycling
960 Portsmouth Blvd
From suffolkva.us, 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.
Suffolk is in Suffolk City Public Schools.
CSchool 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Suffolk spans 7 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Suffolk residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Suffolk | ZIP’s residents in Suffolk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23434 | Suffolk, VA | 55% | 100% |
| 23435 | Suffolk, VA | 35% | 100% |
| 23437 | Suffolk, VA | 5% | 100% |
| 23438 | Suffolk, VA | 2% | 100% |
| 23432 | Suffolk, VA | 2% | 100% |
| 23433 | Suffolk, VA | 1% | 100% |
| 23436 | Suffolk, VA | 1% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 23321. 23439 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Suffolk
When is the Suffolk Transfer Station open?
Mon–Fri 8 am–4 pm; Sat 8 am–12 pm, according to OpenStreetMap (as of Oct 9, 2026). Check spsa.com before you go: the town sets the hours and who may use it.
Who supplies Suffolk’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Suffolk water system (EPA ID VA3800805). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Suffolk?
Dominion Energy (Virginia Electric & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 15.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Suffolk?
Spectrum, Glo Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Suffolk?
23434 (55%), 23435 (35%), 23437 (5%), 23438 (2%), 23432 (2%), 23433 (1%), 23436 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Suffolk in?
Suffolk City Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Suffolk?
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 Suffolk 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: Suffolk’s own website (suffolkva.us), 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.