Photo: Cresthilladmin · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Crest Hill, IL: what to set up and who to call
The Crest Hill water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), beginning Jan 2024. Crest Hill has its own library, Crest Hill Branch, at 20670 City Center Boulevard.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Crest Hill, 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 Crest Hill.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Crest Hill. 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.
Water comes from Crest Hill water system
The Crest Hill water system supplies Crest Hill: about 82% of residents live in its service area. About 18% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 21,169 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), beginning Jan 2024. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.8 ppb. That’s higher than 72% 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. IL1970250.
5 home internet providers serve Crest Hill
99% of 5,672 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 5% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 90% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 78% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 38% | 300/20 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 13% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Crest Hill depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Crest Hill, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cresthill.gov →
- Bulky itemsCall to book
From cresthill.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Most of Crest Hill (96%) is in Lockport Township High School District 205; parts are in Richland School District 88A (41%) and Chaney-Monge School District 88 (39%) and Valley View Community Unit School District 365U (11%) and Plainfield School District 202 (6%) and Joliet Township High School District 204 (4%).
B+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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Crest Hill spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Crest Hill residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Crest Hill | ZIP’s residents in Crest Hill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60403 | Crest Hill, IL | 86% | 100% |
| 60441 | Lockport, IL | 14% | 8% |
A few homes fall in 60435.
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 Crest Hill
Who supplies Crest Hill’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Crest Hill water system (EPA ID IL1970250). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule). 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.1 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Crest Hill?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Crest Hill?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Bertram Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Crest Hill?
60403 (86%), 60441 (14%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Crest Hill in?
Lockport Township High School District 205. Parts of the city are in Richland School District 88A and Chaney-Monge School District 88 and Valley View Community Unit School District 365U and Plainfield School District 202 and Joliet Township High School District 204.
How do I register to vote in Crest Hill?
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: Crest Hill’s own website (cresthill.gov), 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.