Photo: YourJudge · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Buffalo Grove, IL: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Buffalo Grove is Wheeling Transfer Station - Northwest, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Trains stop in Buffalo Grove.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Buffalo Grove, 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 Buffalo Grove.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Buffalo Grove. 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 Buffalo Grove water system
The Buffalo Grove water system supplies almost all of Buffalo Grove. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Arlington Heights and Northwest Water Commission and Lcpw - Pekara Subdivision as sellers) and serves 43,212 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 54% 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. IL0314180.
4 home internet providers serve Buffalo Grove
100% of 10,934 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 10% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 98% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 94% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 55% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Buffalo Grove depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Buffalo Grove, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
- RecyclingEvery week
- Bulky itemsEvery week
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
From vbg.org, the town’s official site; wm.com, which vbg.org links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated January 1, 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.
Most of Buffalo Grove (78%) is in Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125; parts are in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District (40%) and Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 (31%) and Township High School District 214 (22%) and Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 (22%) and Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 (6%).
ASchool 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 Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Buffalo Grove is in ZIP code 60089
ZIP codes where Buffalo Grove residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Buffalo Grove | ZIP’s residents in Buffalo Grove |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60089 | Buffalo Grove, IL | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 60004, 60069, 60015.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Buffalo Grove
Who supplies Buffalo Grove’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Buffalo Grove water system (EPA ID IL0314180). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Buffalo Grove?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Buffalo Grove?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Buffalo Grove?
60089. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Buffalo Grove in?
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125. Parts of the city are in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District and Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 and Township High School District 214 and Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 and Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103.
How do I register to vote in Buffalo Grove?
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 Lake 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: Buffalo Grove’s own website (vbg.org) and the hauler or county pages it links to (wm.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.