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The Frankfort handbook

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

Monday is trash day in Frankfort; Homewood Disposal collects. Two school districts split the grades in Frankfort: Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Frankfort, 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.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

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

100% of 6,846 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber84%75/20
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless89%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless82%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless75%100/20
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless17%25/5

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Frankfort is Monday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Frankfort, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerHomewood DisposalPicks up trash in Frankfortfrankfortil.org
Trash dayMondayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • RecyclingEvery week
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspaper and newspaper inserts
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Tin and aluminum cans
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOnce a week one large item placed at the curb by 6:30am on the regular pick-up day is picked up; additional pick-ups available for an extra cost

From frankfortil.org, cms9files.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Frankfort kids go to
PK–2Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolFrankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C
3–5Chelsea Elem SchoolFrankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C
6–8Hickory Creek Middle SchoolFrankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Frankfort is in two districts that split the grades: Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Frankfort is in ZIP code 60423

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of FrankfortZIP’s residents in Frankfort
60423Frankfort, IL100%62%

A few homes fall in 60449.

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.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Frankfort

Who supplies Frankfort’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?

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?

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

What ZIP codes are in Frankfort?

60423. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Frankfort in?

Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C. Parts of the city are in Summit Hill School District 161 and Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U and Peotone Community Unit School District 207U.

How do I register to vote in Frankfort?

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: Frankfort’s own website (frankfortil.org, cms9files.revize.com), 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.