Photo: DosEquis630708 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Fox Lake, IL: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Fox Lake goes to 60020 (79% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. Fox Lake has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fox Lake, 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 Fox Lake.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fox Lake. 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 Fox Lake water system
The Fox Lake water system supplies Fox Lake: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 13% 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 Volo as seller) and serves 11,780 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 3.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 17.0 ppb. That’s higher than 83% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0970200.
5 home internet providers serve Fox Lake
100% of 3,866 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 91% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 80% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 62% | 300/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 25% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Fox Lake’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fox Lake.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Fox Lake (60%) is in Grant Community High School District 124; parts are in Fox Lake Grade School District 114 (37%) and Nippersink School District 2 (29%) and Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 (29%) and Big Hollow School District 38 (16%) and Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 (11%) and Antioch Community High School District 117 (11%) and Gavin School District 37 (7%).
BSchool 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 Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Fox Lake spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Fox Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fox Lake | ZIP’s residents in Fox Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60020 | Fox Lake, IL | 79% | 79% |
| 60041 | Ingleside, IL | 13% | 15% |
| 60081 | Spring Grove, IL | 6% | 7% |
| 60050 | Mchenry, IL | 3% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 60002.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Fox Lake
Who supplies Fox Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Fox Lake water system (EPA ID IL0970200). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fox Lake?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Fox Lake?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fox Lake?
60020 (79%), 60041 (13%), 60081 (6%), 60050 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fox Lake in?
Grant Community High School District 124. Parts of the city are in Fox Lake Grade School District 114 and Nippersink School District 2 and Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 and Big Hollow School District 38 and Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 and Antioch Community High School District 117 and Gavin School District 37.
How do I register to vote in Fox Lake?
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 Lake 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.