Living in Deer Grove, IL: what to set up and who to call
All of Deer Grove gets its mail under one ZIP code, 61243. Walnut Public Library District, 6.0 miles away, is the closest library to Deer Grove.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Deer Grove, 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 Deer Grove.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Deer Grove. 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.
Which providers serve Deer Grove
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Deer Grove, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Deer Grove’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Deer Grove.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Deer Grove is in Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3.
Test scores and every school: see 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 Aug 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Deer Grove is in ZIP code 61243
ZIP codes where Deer Grove residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Deer Grove | ZIP’s residents in Deer Grove |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61243 | Deer Grove, IL | 100% | 15% |
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 Deer Grove
Who provides electricity in Deer Grove?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Deer Grove?
61243. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Deer Grove in?
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3.
How do I register to vote in Deer Grove?
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 Whiteside County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- 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): pending.