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The Bourbonnais handbook

Living in Bourbonnais, IL: what to set up and who to call

Aqua Illinois-Kankakee reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), beginning Jan 2024. Two school districts split the grades in Bourbonnais: Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 and Bourbonnais School District 53.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bourbonnais, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Bourbonnais.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bourbonnais. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Aqua Illinois-Kankakee

Aqua Illinois-Kankakee supplies almost all of Bourbonnais. It draws surface water and serves 80,000 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), beginning Jan 2024. 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 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. IL0915030.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Bourbonnais

100% of 5,536 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber92%100/20
Pavlov MediaFiber73%8,000/8,000
Surf InternetFiber24%8,000/8,000
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless96%25/5
T-MobileFixed wireless87%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Bourbonnais depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bourbonnais, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerRepublic Services picks up at the curb for every homevillageofbourbonnais.com
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your addressThe town’s pickup schedule (PDF) →
Pickup

Your pickup week

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookLimited to one item per household per week; must be arranged with Republic Services before placing the item roadside; not picked up with regular garbage. Call 708-272-6764 to schedule.
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagevillageofbourbonnais.com →

From villageofbourbonnais.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Bourbonnais kids go to
PK–33 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Bourbonnais Upper Grade CenterBourbonnais School District 53
9–12Bradley-Bourbonnais C High Schoolin Bradley

Bourbonnais is in two districts that split the grades: Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 and Bourbonnais School District 53.

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bourbonnais is in ZIP code 60914

ZIP codes where Bourbonnais residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of BourbonnaisZIP’s residents in Bourbonnais
60914Bourbonnais, IL100%63%

A few homes fall in 60915, 60950.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Bourbonnais

Who supplies Bourbonnais’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

Aqua Illinois-Kankakee (EPA ID IL0915030). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule). 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bourbonnais?

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Bourbonnais?

Xfinity, AT&T, Pavlov Media, Surf Internet, Rise Broadband, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bourbonnais?

60914. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bourbonnais in?

Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 and Bourbonnais School District 53. Parts of the city are in Manteno Community Unit School District 5.

How do I register to vote in Bourbonnais?

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 Kankakee 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: Bourbonnais’ own website (villageofbourbonnais.com), 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.