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The Carpentersville handbook

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

Every home in Carpentersville is in ZIP code 60110. For emergencies, Carpentersville is closest to Advocate Sherman Hospital, 5.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Carpentersville, 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 Carpentersville.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

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

The Carpentersville water system supplies almost all of Carpentersville. It draws ground water and serves 37,983 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 percentile1.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 9.1 ppb. That’s lower than 51% 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. IL0890200.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Carpentersville

100% of 8,957 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 33% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber90%5,000/5,000
MetronetFiber16%5,120/5,120
T-MobileFixed wireless44%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless44%300/20
E-vergentFixed wireless18%60/10

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Carpentersville is Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street

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

Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Steel Cans & Tin Cans
  • Aseptic Packaging & Gable Top Containers (milk & juice cartons & juice boxes)
  • PET Soda, Water, & Flavored Beverage Bottles (#1 clear and green plastic resin)
  • Milk & Juice Jugs (#2 clear plastic resin) HDPE
  • Detergent & Fabric Softener Containers (#2 colored plastic resin)
  • #7 Plastic Resin Narrow Neck Containers Only
  • Newspaper, including inserts (remove plastic sleeves)
  • Cardboard (no waxed cardboard)
  • Magazines, Catalogs and Telephone Books
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEach week one bulk item per residence is collected at no extra charge on regular collection days; appliances need ten stickers each (sold at Village Hall) and pickup is scheduled by calling Groot at (847) 429-7370
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecville.org →

From cville.org, 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.

Carpentersville kids go to
K–518 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Carpentersville (94%) is in Community Unit School District 300; parts are in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 (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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Carpentersville is in ZIP code 60110

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of CarpentersvilleZIP’s residents in Carpentersville
60110Carpentersville, IL99%97%

A few homes fall in 60118.

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 Carpentersville

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

The Carpentersville water system (EPA ID IL0890200). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Carpentersville?

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

What internet providers serve Carpentersville?

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

What ZIP codes are in Carpentersville?

60110. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Carpentersville in?

Community Unit School District 300. Parts of the city are in Barrington Community Unit School District 220.

How do I register to vote in Carpentersville?

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 Kane 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: Carpentersville’s own website (cville.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.