Where Spectrum is actually available

Spectrum reports 33,900,003 residential cable locations across 42 states and 513 metro areas, in the latest FCC filing. Here is where that footprint actually reaches, and where it does not.

Is Spectrum available in my area?

Spectrum is a regional network, not a national one. The honest answer for any given home is that it depends on the street, because cable networks were built out block by block. The tables below are the closest thing to a straight answer that public federal data allows: every state and metro where Spectrum has reported service, and how much of each it covers.

Spectrum coverage by state

Coverage is the share of residential locations in each state where Spectrum reports it can serve. A low percentage does not mean a bad network. It usually means a network concentrated in a few towns.

StateShare of homes covered
Hawaii 92.3%
North Carolina 79.0%
Ohio 77.3%
Wisconsin 74.5%
Maine 73.6%
New York 60.2%
Kentucky 59.9%
South Carolina 59.9%
Montana 54.4%
Wyoming 51.7%
Missouri 49.9%
Texas 48.8%
California 47.0%
Alabama 42.0%
Florida 36.1%
Nebraska 31.3%
Tennessee 28.0%
Michigan 25.9%
Nevada 21.1%
Indiana 21.1%
Oregon 20.7%
Kansas 19.9%
Minnesota 17.4%
Georgia 16.9%
New Hampshire 13.9%
Louisiana 13.5%
Massachusetts 12.4%
Idaho 9.0%
Connecticut 8.9%
Washington 8.6%
Colorado 6.3%
Vermont 5.9%
Illinois 4.9%
West Virginia 3.4%
Virginia 3.3%
Pennsylvania 2.8%
Arizona 2.6%
New Jersey 2.2%
New Mexico 1.3%
Mississippi 1.1%
Maryland 0.2%
Rhode Island 0.0%

Metro areas Spectrum serves

Ranked by how much of the metro is covered, not by metro size. The top of this list is where Spectrum is a realistic option for most homes.

Metro areaShare of homes covered
Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area 96.2%
Akron, OH Metro Area 96.2%
Jacksonville, NC Metro Area 95.6%
Morehead City, NC Micro Area 95.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area 95.5%
Kapaa, HI Micro Area 95.5%
Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area 95.3%
Racine, WI Metro Area 94.8%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area 94.8%
Syracuse, NY Metro Area 94.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area 93.8%
Springfield, OH Metro Area 93.8%
Rochester, NY Metro Area 93.5%
Homosassa Springs, FL Metro Area 93.5%
Dayton-Kettering, OH Metro Area 93.5%
El Paso, TX Metro Area 93.4%
Burlington, NC Metro Area 93.2%
Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area 93.1%
Batavia, NY Micro Area 93.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area 92.7%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area 92.7%
Elmira, NY Metro Area 92.7%
Union, SC Micro Area 92.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area 92.4%
Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area 92.1%

Showing the 25 best-covered of 513 metro areas with reported Spectrum service.

What technology does Spectrum use?

Charter Communications reports more than one technology to the FCC, so not every address in its footprint gets the same product:

94% of the locations Charter Communications reports nationally are cable.

TechnologyResidential locations reported
Cable 33,900,003
Fiber 2,284,620

An honest limitation. The FCC publishes each provider's technology mix nationally, but not per city. So we can tell you Spectrum operates cable somewhere in a given state and we cannot tell you from this data that your particular street gets cable rather than one of the others. Check with the provider before signing anything.

How cable compares

Fiber vs cable explains what actually differs between the delivery methods, and when the difference is worth paying for.

Spectrum compared to other providers

Providers that overlap with Spectrum in enough places to be a real choice:

Or see every provider comparison on the site.

Other providers in the states Spectrum serves

Operators reporting service in the same states, most overlap first. Sharing a state is not sharing a street, so treat this as where to look next rather than as a second option at your address.

Common questions

Is Spectrum available at my address?

Only an address check answers that. Use the state and metro tables above to find out whether Spectrum operates in your area at all. If your state is not listed, it does not. If it is, coverage within that state is uneven and street-level.

Who owns Spectrum?

Spectrum files with the FCC under the holding company name Charter Communications. This is common, because the name on the bill and the name on the federal filing are frequently different.

How current is this data?

It comes from the FCC Broadband Data Collection, filing period D25, published July 21, 2026. The FCC refreshes it roughly twice a year, and there is a publication lag of several months. We update these pages when new data is released.

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