Schiller, Alfred A.,House · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Glen Ellyn, IL: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Mondays in Glen Ellyn, collected by Groot Industries. Two school districts split the grades in Glen Ellyn: Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Glen Ellyn School District 41.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Glen Ellyn, 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 Glen Ellyn.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Glen Ellyn. 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 Glen Ellyn water system
The Glen Ellyn water system supplies Glen Ellyn: about 96% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Du Page Water Commission as seller) and serves 28,850 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 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.8 ppb. That’s higher than 63% 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. IL0430450.
5 home internet providers serve Glen Ellyn
100% of 7,874 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 7% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Astound Broadband | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,500/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 94% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 87% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 81% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Glen Ellyn is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Glen Ellyn, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Glass and metal containers and aerosol cans
- Newspaper and mixed paper
- Recyclable paperboard items (food boxes, etc.)
- Corrugated cardboard (no larger than 3-feet square)
Glenside Fire Dept
1608 Bloomingdale Road, Glendale Heights
From glenellyn.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 08/01/26. 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.
Glen Ellyn is in two districts that split the grades: Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Glen Ellyn School District 41.
ASchool 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Glen Ellyn is in ZIP code 60137
ZIP codes where Glen Ellyn residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Glen Ellyn | ZIP’s residents in Glen Ellyn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60137 | Glen Ellyn, IL | 99% | 74% |
A few homes fall in 60148. 60138 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Glen Ellyn
Who supplies Glen Ellyn’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Glen Ellyn water system (EPA ID IL0430450). 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 1.9 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Glen Ellyn?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Glen Ellyn?
Xfinity, Astound Broadband, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Glen Ellyn?
60137. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Glen Ellyn in?
Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Glen Ellyn School District 41. Parts of the city are in Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 and Lombard School District 44.
How do I register to vote in Glen Ellyn?
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 DuPage County Clerk - Election Division. 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: Glen Ellyn’s own website (glenellyn.org), 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.