Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Highland Park, IL: what to set up and who to call
Highland Park has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 11.0 ppb, was higher than 99% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Two school districts split the grades in Highland Park: Township High School District 113 and North Shore School District 112.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Highland 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 Highland Park.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Highland 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 Highland Park
Highland Park supplies almost all of Highland Park. It draws surface water (EPA lists Glencoe and Northbrook and Highwood and Lake Forest as sellers) and serves 30,176 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 11.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.0 ppb. That’s higher than 99% 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. IL0970500.
4 home internet providers serve Highland Park
100% of 10,020 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 22% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 95% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 58% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
In Highland Park, you hire your own trash hauler
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Highland Park, from the town’s own site.
Highland Park Recycling Center
1180 Half Day Road, Highland Park, IL 60035
- Mon7 am–1 pm
- Tue7 am–1 pm
- Sat7 am–1 pm
Cost: $2.89 per refuse sticker for extra waste (1 sticker per loose bag under 50 lbs); $12.00 monthly base fee for LRS service
Highland Park Recycling Center
1180 Half Day Road, Highland Park, IL 60035
From cityhpil.com, cms6.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated April 1, 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.
Highland Park is in two districts that split the grades: Township High School District 113 and North Shore School District 112.
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 Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Highland Park is in ZIP code 60035
ZIP codes where Highland Park residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Highland Park | ZIP’s residents in Highland Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60035 | Highland Park, IL | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 60040.
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 Highland Park
Who supplies Highland Park’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Highland Park (EPA ID IL0970500). 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 11.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Highland 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 Highland Park?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Highland Park?
60035. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Highland Park in?
Township High School District 113 and North Shore School District 112. Parts of the city are in Deerfield School District 109.
How do I register to vote in Highland 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 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: Highland Park’s own website (cityhpil.com, cms6.revize.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.