Photo: 6th Happiness · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Hillside, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Hillside: Proviso Township High School District 209 and Hillside School District 93. The closest public drop-off to Hillside is Melrose Park Transfer Station, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hillside, 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 Hillside.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hillside. 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 Hillside water system
The Hillside water system supplies Hillside: about 86% of residents live in its service area. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Hillside Berkeley Water Commission as seller) and serves 8,200 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.4 ppb. That’s higher than 80% 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. IL0311230.
4 home internet providers serve Hillside
100% of 2,541 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 57% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 88% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 89% | 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 Hillside is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hillside, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)Look up your day on hillside-il.org
- RecyclingEvery week, same day as trash
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Bond paper (white / colored)
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Bi-metal cans
- Glass
- Liquid detergent bottles
- Milk jugs
From hillside-il.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 6/6/23. 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.
Hillside is in two districts that split the grades: Proviso Township High School District 209 and Hillside School District 93.
CSchool 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.
Hillside is in ZIP code 60162
ZIP codes where Hillside residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hillside | ZIP’s residents in Hillside |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60162 | Hillside, IL | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 60104.
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Hillside
Who supplies Hillside’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Hillside water system (EPA ID IL0311230). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hillside?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hillside?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hillside?
60162. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hillside in?
Proviso Township High School District 209 and Hillside School District 93. Parts of the city are in Berkeley School District 87 and Bellwood School District 88.
How do I register to vote in Hillside?
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: Hillside’s own website (hillside-il.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.