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Church Tower of Frankfort, Ill.Photo: Zarka Khalid · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Frankfort Township handbook

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

Frankfort Township spans 3 ZIP codes; 60423 holds the most residents (52%). Trains stop in Frankfort Township, at Hickory Creek.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Frankfort Township, 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 Frankfort Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Frankfort Township. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Frankfort water system

The Frankfort water system supplies Frankfort Township: about 51% of residents live in its service area. Mokena serves another 26%. Tinley Park serves another 13%. About 6% 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 24,000 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.4 ppb. That’s lower than 59% 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. IL1970400.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Frankfort Township

100% of 19,027 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 10% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber64%5,000/5,000
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless88%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless80%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless61%300/20
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless9%25/5

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Frankfort Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Frankfort Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Frankfort Township kids go to
PK–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Lincoln-Way East High SchoolLincoln Way Community High School District 210

Frankfort Township is in Lincoln Way Community High School District 210; parts are in Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C (44%) and Summit Hill School District 161 (32%) and Mokena School District 159 (24%).

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Frankfort Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Frankfort TownshipZIP’s residents in Frankfort Township
60423Frankfort, IL52%96%
60448Mokena, IL34%80%
60487Tinley Park, IL13%29%

A few homes fall in 60467, 60477.

Area code815Wikidata

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.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Frankfort Township

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

The Frankfort water system (EPA ID IL1970400). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Frankfort Township?

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Frankfort Township?

Xfinity, AT&T, Bertram Communications, T-Mobile, Verizon, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Frankfort Township?

60423 (52%), 60448 (34%), 60487 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Frankfort Township in?

Lincoln Way Community High School District 210. Parts of the city are in Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C and Summit Hill School District 161 and Mokena School District 159.

How do I register to vote in Frankfort Township?

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: 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.