Photo: User:BillboardMister · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Addison, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Addison: DuPage High School District 88 and Addison School District 4. For a library card, the closest branch is Addison Public Library, 0.8 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Addison, 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 Addison.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Addison. Its homes paid an average of 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of Commonwealth Edison’s home customers do, and Commonwealth Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Addison water system
The Addison water system supplies almost all of Addison. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Du Page Water Commission as seller) and serves 38,017 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–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.2 ppb. That’s higher 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0430050.
5 home internet providers serve Addison
100% of 8,576 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 11% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 97% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 65% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
| E-vergent | Fixed wireless | 12% | 60/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Addison is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Addison, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)Find your street’s day on addisonadvantage.org →
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Accepted at the curb
- Paper materials: newspapers, magazines, mixed paper, cardboard, chipboard
- Glass colored brown, green and clear
- Aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans
- Cartons
- Plastic containers labeled #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #7
From addisonadvantage.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated © 2026 Addison, IL. 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.
Addison is in two districts that split the grades: DuPage High School District 88 and Addison School District 4.
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Addison is in ZIP code 60101
ZIP codes where Addison residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Addison | ZIP’s residents in Addison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60101 | Addison, IL | 100% | 95% |
A few homes fall in 60106, 60191.
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 Addison
Who supplies Addison’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Addison water system (EPA ID IL0430050). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Addison?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Addison?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Addison?
60101. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Addison in?
DuPage High School District 88 and Addison School District 4. Parts of the city are in Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Marquardt School District 15 and Lake Park Community High School District 108 and Fenton Community High School District 100.
How do I register to vote in Addison?
In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the DuPage County Clerk - Election Division. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.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: Addison’s own website (addisonadvantage.org), 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 12, 2025 (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.