Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Hoffman Estates, IL: what to set up and who to call
Hoffman Estates spans 3 ZIP codes; 60169 holds the most residents (65%). Hoffman Estates has its own library, Hoffman Estates Branch Library, at 1550 Hassell Road.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hoffman Estates, 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 Hoffman Estates.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hoffman Estates. 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 Hoffman Estates water system
The Hoffman Estates water system supplies almost all of Hoffman Estates. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Palatine and Northwest Suburban Municipal Jawa as sellers) and serves 50,179 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.8 ppb. That’s higher than 56% 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. IL0311290.
4 home internet providers serve Hoffman Estates
100% of 13,878 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 24% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 65% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 60% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Hoffman Estates
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hoffman Estates, from the town’s own site.
Glenview Transfer Station
3 Providence Way, Des Plaines
- Sat9 am–11:30 am
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From hoffmanestates.org, 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.
Hoffman Estates is in Township High School District 211; parts are in Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 (31%) and School District U-46 (23%) and Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 (20%) and Barrington Community Unit School District 220 (17%) and Community Unit School District 300 (9%).
B+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.
Hoffman Estates spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hoffman Estates residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hoffman Estates | ZIP’s residents in Hoffman Estates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60169 | Hoffman Estates, IL | 65% | 100% |
| 60192 | Hoffman Estates, IL | 30% | 94% |
| 60010 | Barrington, IL | 4% | 5% |
A few homes fall in 60067, 60120. 60179 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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Hoffman Estates
Who supplies Hoffman Estates’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Hoffman Estates water system (EPA ID IL0311290). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hoffman Estates?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hoffman Estates?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hoffman Estates?
60169 (65%), 60192 (30%), 60010 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hoffman Estates in?
Township High School District 211. Parts of the city are in Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 and School District U-46 and Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 and Barrington Community Unit School District 220 and Community Unit School District 300.
How do I register to vote in Hoffman Estates?
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: Hoffman Estates’ own website (hoffmanestates.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.