Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Living in Clifton, IL: what to set up and who to call
In Clifton, trash day is Tuesday (Homewood Disposal collects). Children in Clifton attend Central Community Unit School District 4.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Clifton, 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 Clifton.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Clifton. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Clifton water system
The Clifton water system supplies almost all of Clifton. It draws ground water and serves 1,500 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.4 ppb. That’s higher than 74% 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. IL0750250.
8 home internet providers serve Clifton
100% of 559 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Conxxus | Fiber | 90% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 79% | 70/3 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 400/40 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 95% | 25/6 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 55% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Clifton is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Clifton, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week · which week: mydisposal.com
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum, Tin, & Metal Cans
- Glass Bottles & Jars
- Cartons - Milk, Juice, Broth, Soup & Other
- Paperboard Boxes - Cereal, Tissue & Frozen Food Boxes
- Newspapers, Catalogs, Phone Books, Paper Bags
- Junk Mail, Glossy Paper, Magazines
- Flattened Cardboard Boxes
- Plastic Bread/Storage Bags
- Large Storage Bins
- Plastic Wrap
- Snack Bags (chips, fruit snacks, etc.)
- Flex Packaging (baby food pouches, fruit snack pouches, etc.)
- CD, DVD Packaging
- Paper Cups
From cliftonillinois.com, the town’s official site; mydisposal.com, which cliftonillinois.com links to for trash, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026, © 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.
Clifton is in Central Community Unit School District 4.
BSchool 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Clifton is in ZIP code 60927
ZIP codes where Clifton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Clifton | ZIP’s residents in Clifton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60927 | Clifton, IL | 100% | 61% |
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Clifton
Who supplies Clifton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Clifton water system (EPA ID IL0750250). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Clifton?
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Clifton?
Xfinity, Conxxus, Frontier, Watch Communications, Verizon, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Clifton?
60927. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Clifton in?
Central Community Unit School District 4.
How do I register to vote in Clifton?
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 Iroquois 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: Clifton’s own website (cliftonillinois.com) and the hauler or county pages it links to (mydisposal.com), read Oct 22, 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.