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The Burr Ridge handbook

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

Every home in Burr Ridge is in ZIP code 60527. Indian Prairie Public Library District, 1.9 miles away, is the closest library to Burr Ridge.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Burr Ridge, 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 Burr Ridge.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Burr Ridge. 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 Burr Ridge water system

The Burr Ridge water system supplies almost all of Burr Ridge. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Bedford Park as seller) and serves 11,192 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.3 ppb. That’s higher than 62% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0434190.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Burr Ridge

100% of 3,857 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber92%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless93%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless76%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Burr Ridge is Thursday or Friday, depending on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerGroot Industries picks up at the curb for every homeburr-ridge.gov
Trash dayThu or FriDepends on your addressThe town’s pickup map →
Pickup

Your pickup week

Drop-off

Burr Ridge Drop-off

451 Commerce Street, Burr Ridge, IL 60527

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  • Mon7 am–3 pm
  • Tue7 am–3 pm
  • Wed7 am–3 pm
  • Thu7 am–3 pm
  • Fri7 am–3 pm
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCollection of white goods is a monthly service charge of $33.28/month effective August 1, 2026.
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageburr-ridge.gov →

From burr-ridge.gov, cms5.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated August 1, 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.

Burr Ridge kids go to
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Burr Ridge (67%) is in Hinsdale Township High School District 86; parts are in Gower School District 62 (37%) and Lyons Township High School District 204 (33%) and Pleasantdale School District 107 (33%) and Community Consolidated School District 180 (15%) and Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 (15%).

ASchool 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.

Official siteburr-ridge.govBurr Ridge’s own websiteWikidataTown HallBudget, officials, electionsBurr Ridge’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereDuPage County Clerk - Election DivisionElections here are run by DuPage County (county election office). Most of Burr Ridge (61%) votes here; the rest in Cook County (39%). 421 North County Farm Rd., Rm 1-600, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 407-5600FVAP, Jun 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeova.elections.il.govThe state’s voter lookup

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Burr Ridge is in ZIP code 60527

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Burr RidgeZIP’s residents in Burr Ridge
60527Willowbrook, IL100%38%

A few homes fall in 60525.

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 Burr Ridge

Who supplies Burr Ridge’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Burr Ridge water system (EPA ID IL0434190). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Burr Ridge?

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

What internet providers serve Burr Ridge?

Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Burr Ridge?

60527. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Burr Ridge in?

Hinsdale Township High School District 86. Parts of the city are in Gower School District 62 and Lyons Township High School District 204 and Pleasantdale School District 107 and Community Consolidated School District 180 and Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181.

How do I register to vote in Burr Ridge?

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: Burr Ridge’s own website (burr-ridge.gov, cms5.revize.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.