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The Channahon handbook

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

Channahon spans 2 ZIP codes; 60410 holds the most residents (98%). The closest ER is Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers, 9.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Channahon, 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 Channahon.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

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

The Channahon water system supplies Channahon: about 78% of residents live in its service area. About 16% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Minooka as seller) and serves 13,380 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. IL1970200.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Channahon

100% of 4,882 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 5% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber75%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless71%300/20
Watch CommunicationsFixed wireless71%400/40
T-MobileFixed wireless55%100/20
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless17%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Channahon is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Channahon, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.

Trash haulerLakeshore Recycling SystemsPicks up trash in Channahonchannahon.org
Trash dayMon, Tue, Wed or ThuDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

  • TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Wed or Thu)
  • RecyclingEvery week
  • Bulky itemsEvery week
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Catalogs
  • Hardback books with the cover removed
  • Magazines
  • Mail
  • Newspapers
  • Office paper
  • Paperback books
  • Spiral notebooks (spiral can stay on)
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekLakeshore Recycling Systems picks up bulk items weekly; items must be under 50 lbs. and manageable by one person; heavier items require scheduled pickup by calling Lakeshore at (815) 725-4555
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagelrsrecycles.com →

From channahon.org, the town’s official site; lrsrecycles.com, which channahon.org links to for trash, 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.

Channahon kids go to
K–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Minooka Community High SchoolMinooka Community High School District 111

Most of Channahon (81%) is in Minooka Community High School District 111; parts are in Channahon School District 17 (38%) and Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 (34%) and Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C (17%) and Morris Community High School District 101 (16%) and Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C (9%) and Joliet Township High School District 204 (3%).

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

Channahon spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of ChannahonZIP’s residents in Channahon
60410Channahon, IL98%97%
60447Minooka, IL2%1%

A few homes fall in 60481, 60450.

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 Channahon

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

The Channahon water system (EPA ID IL1970200). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Channahon?

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

What internet providers serve Channahon?

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

What ZIP codes are in Channahon?

60410 (98%), 60447 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Channahon in?

Minooka Community High School District 111. Parts of the city are in Channahon School District 17 and Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 and Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C and Morris Community High School District 101 and Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C and Joliet Township High School District 204.

How do I register to vote in Channahon?

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 Will 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: Channahon’s own website (channahon.org) and the hauler or county pages it links to (lrsrecycles.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.