Living in Hope Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for the Lostant water system, which supplies Hope Township. Two school districts split the grades in Hope Township: LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Lostant Community Unit School District 425.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hope Township, 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 Hope Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hope Township. 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 Lostant water system
The Lostant water system supplies Hope Township: about 70% of residents live in its service area. About 30% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 463 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 52% 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. IL0990450.
10 home internet providers serve Hope Township
87% of 348 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toncom | Fiber | 71% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 52% | 90/5 |
| McNabb Telephone Company | Fiber | 4% | 200/50 |
| Tonica Telephone Company | Fiber | 2% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 63% | 500/100 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 56% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Hope Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hope Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hope Township is in two districts that split the grades: LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Lostant Community Unit School District 425.
Test scores and every school: see 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Hope Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hope Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hope Township | ZIP’s residents in Hope Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61334 | Lostant, IL | 99% | 88% |
| 61370 | Tonica, IL | 1% | 0% |
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 Hope Township
Who supplies Hope Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lostant water system (EPA ID IL0990450). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hope Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hope Township?
Toncom, Frontier, McNabb Telephone Company, Tonica Telephone Company, Nextlink, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hope Township?
61334 (99%), 61370 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hope Township in?
LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Lostant Community Unit School District 425. Parts of the city are in Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 and Putnam County Community Unit School District 535.
How do I register to vote in Hope Township?
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 LaSalle 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.