Photo: Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Forest View, IL: what to set up and who to call
The Forest View water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 6.2 ppb, was higher than 95% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). In Forest View, trash day is Wednesday (Groot collects).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Forest View, 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 Forest View.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Forest View. 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 Forest View water system
The Forest View water system supplies Forest View: about 86% of residents live in its service area. Stickney serves another 5%. About 10% 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 Stickney and Chicago as sellers) and serves 800 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 6.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.6 ppb. That’s higher than 95% 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. IL0310930.
4 home internet providers serve Forest View
95% of 330 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 90% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 80% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 83% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 49% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Forest View is Wednesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Forest View, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
From forestview-il.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 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 Forest View (71%) is in J. Sterling Morton High School District 201; parts are in Central Stickney School District 110 (45%) and Summit School District 104 (30%) and Reavis Township High School District 220 (29%) and Lyons School District 103 (25%).
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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Forest View spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Forest View residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Forest View | ZIP’s residents in Forest View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60402 | Berwyn, IL | 94% | 1% |
| 60638 | Chicago, IL | 6% | 0% |
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 Forest View
Who supplies Forest View’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Forest View water system (EPA ID IL0310930). 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 6.2 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Forest View?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Forest View?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Forest View?
60402 (94%), 60638 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Forest View in?
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. Parts of the city are in Central Stickney School District 110 and Summit School District 104 and Reavis Township High School District 220 and Lyons School District 103.
How do I register to vote in Forest View?
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 Cook 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: Forest View’s own website (forestview-il.org), read Oct 23, 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.