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

Tap water in Dupo comes from the Dupo water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. The closest public drop-off to Dupo is Drop Off Recycling, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Dupo, 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 Dupo.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Dupo. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Dupo water system

The Dupo water system supplies Dupo: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 Il American-East St Louis as seller) and serves 4,684 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, 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. IL1630350.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Dupo

96% of 1,753 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 23% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Harrisonville Telephone CompanyDSL, Fiber99%1,000/1,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber92%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless72%300/20
WisperFixed wireless64%800/250
AT&TFixed wireless50%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless21%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Dupo.

Nearest public drop-off · 3.5 mi from the center of Dupo

Drop Off Recycling

· run by City of St. Louis

This isn’t Dupo’s own facility. Whether Dupo residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Dupo kids go to
PK–6Bluffview Elem SchoolDupo Community Unit School District 196
7–8Dupo Jr High SchoolDupo Community Unit School District 196
9–12Dupo High SchoolDupo Community Unit School District 196

Most of Dupo (92%) is in Dupo Community Unit School District 196; parts are in Columbia Community Unit School District 4 (8%).

C−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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Dupo spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of DupoZIP’s residents in Dupo
62239Dupo, IL95%82%
62240East Carondelet, IL5%11%

A few homes fall in 62236.

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 Dupo

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

The Dupo water system (EPA ID IL1630350). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Dupo?

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 Dupo?

Harrisonville Telephone Company, Spectrum, Verizon, Wisper, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Dupo?

62239 (95%), 62240 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Dupo in?

Dupo Community Unit School District 196. Parts of the city are in Columbia Community Unit School District 4.

How do I register to vote in Dupo?

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 St. Clair 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.