Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bloomington Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Bloomington Township is Citizen Convenience Center, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. The nearest library is Bloomington Public Library, 3.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bloomington Township, 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 Bloomington Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bloomington Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bloomington water system
The Bloomington water system supplies Bloomington Township: about 40% of residents live in its service area. Bloomington Township Pwd-Crestwicke serves another 13%. Meadows of Bloomington MHP serves another 10%. About 39% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 77,610 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–Dec 2026, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.7 ppb. That’s higher than 76% 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. IL1130200.
10 home internet providers serve Bloomington Township
99% of 1,245 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 56% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 83% | 1,200/35 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 71% | 115/7 |
| Pavlov Media | Fiber | 34% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 20% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 86% | 300/20 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 75% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bloomington Township.
Citizen Convenience Center
402 South East Street, Bloomington, IL
This isn’t Bloomington Township’s own facility. Whether Bloomington Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check cityblm.org.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Bloomington Township (85%) is in McLean County Unit School District 5; parts are in Heyworth Community Unit School District 4 (8%) and Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3 (6%).
B+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.
Bloomington Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bloomington Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bloomington Township | ZIP’s residents in Bloomington Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61705 | Bloomington, IL | 68% | 12% |
| 61704 | Bloomington, IL | 24% | 2% |
| 61701 | Bloomington, IL | 5% | 0% |
| 61772 | Shirley, IL | 2% | 18% |
61702, 61709, 61710, 61791, 61799 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bloomington Township
Who supplies Bloomington Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Bloomington water system (EPA ID IL1130200). 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 2.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bloomington Township?
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bloomington Township?
Xfinity, Frontier, Pavlov Media, Metronet, Verizon, Watch Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bloomington Township?
61705 (68%), 61704 (24%), 61701 (5%), 61772 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bloomington Township in?
McLean County Unit School District 5. Parts of the city are in Heyworth Community Unit School District 4 and Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3.
How do I register to vote in Bloomington Township?
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 McLean County Clerk. 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: 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 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.