Photo: Archaic saji at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Franklin Park, IL: what to set up and who to call
Franklin Park has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.7 ppb, was higher than 92% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Trash goes out on Mondays in Franklin Park, collected by Republic Services.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Franklin Park, 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 Franklin Park.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Franklin Park. 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 Franklin Park
Franklin Park supplies almost all of Franklin Park. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Chicago as seller) and serves 18,467 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 Jul–Dec 2025, was 5.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 8.2 ppb. That’s higher than 92% 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. IL0310960.
4 home internet providers serve Franklin Park
100% of 6,159 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 53% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 42% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Franklin Park is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Franklin Park, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Newspaper
- Magazines, catalogs, phone books
- Paper back books (no hard covers)
- Chipboard such as gift boxes, tissue boxes and food boxes
- Cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars (clear, brown, green)
- Aluminum, tin or steel cans, including empty aerosol cans and paint cans
- Plastic containers coded #1 through #7 (except #6)
- Plastic 6-pack rings
- Milk cartons, juice cartons and juice boxes
From villageoffranklinpark.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Franklin Park is in two districts that split the grades: Leyden Community High School District 212 and Mannheim School District 83.
C+School 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Franklin Park spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Franklin Park residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Franklin Park | ZIP’s residents in Franklin Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60131 | Franklin Park, IL | 98% | 100% |
| 60164 | Melrose Park, IL | 1% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 60160.
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 Franklin Park
Who supplies Franklin Park’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Franklin Park (EPA ID IL0310960). 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 5.7 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Franklin Park?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Franklin Park?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Franklin Park?
60131 (98%), 60164 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Franklin Park in?
Leyden Community High School District 212 and Mannheim School District 83. Parts of the city are in Franklin Park School District 84 and Schiller Park School District 81.
How do I register to vote in Franklin Park?
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: Franklin Park’s own website (villageoffranklinpark.com), read Oct 21, 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.