Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Living in Crainville, IL: what to set up and who to call
The Carterville water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.5 ppb, was higher than 97% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). The closest public drop-off to Crainville is Republic Services, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Crainville, 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 Crainville.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Crainville. 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 Carterville water system
The Carterville water system supplies Crainville: about 50% of residents live in its service area. Crainville serves another 35%. About 19% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Rend Lake Inter-City Water System and Cambria and Crainville as sellers) and serves 6,528 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 7.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 97% 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. IL1990150.
8 home internet providers serve Crainville
100% of 674 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable | 92% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 70% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Futiva | Fiber | 66% | 1,000/1,000 |
| ClearWave | Fiber | 11% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 77% | 100/20 |
| Wisper | Fixed wireless | 35% | 400/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Crainville.
Republic Services
This isn’t Crainville’s own facility. Whether Crainville residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Crainville is in Carterville Community Unit School District 5.
A−School 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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Crainville is in ZIP code 62918
ZIP codes where Crainville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Crainville | ZIP’s residents in Crainville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62918 | Carterville, IL | 100% | 14% |
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 Crainville
Who supplies Crainville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Carterville water system (EPA ID IL1990150). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 7.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Crainville?
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 Crainville?
Mediacom Xtream, Frontier, Futiva, ClearWave, T-Mobile, Wisper (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Crainville?
62918. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Crainville in?
Carterville Community Unit School District 5.
How do I register to vote in Crainville?
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 Williamson 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.