Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in La Grange, IL: what to set up and who to call
The La Grange water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 6.0 ppb, was higher than 93% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Two school districts split the grades in La Grange: Lyons Township High School District 204 and LaGrange School District 102.
I’m new in town
What to set up in La Grange, 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 La Grange.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of La Grange. 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 La Grange water system
The La Grange water system supplies almost all of La Grange. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Mc Cook as seller) and serves 16,200 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–Dec 2026, was 6.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.5 ppb. That’s higher than 93% 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. IL0311530.
4 home internet providers serve La Grange
100% of 4,974 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 97% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 68% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 66% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in La Grange is Monday or Thursday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in La Grange, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon or Thu)
- Bulky itemsEvery week
From villageoflagrange.com, the town’s official site; floodbrothersdisposal.com, which villageoflagrange.com links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 7-6-2020. 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.
La Grange is in two districts that split the grades: Lyons Township High School District 204 and LaGrange School District 102.
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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
La Grange is in ZIP code 60525
ZIP codes where La Grange residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of La Grange | ZIP’s residents in La Grange |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60525 | La Grange, IL | 100% | 50% |
A few homes fall in 60526.
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 La Grange
Who supplies La Grange’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The La Grange water system (EPA ID IL0311530). 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 6.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in La Grange?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve La Grange?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in La Grange?
60525. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is La Grange in?
Lyons Township High School District 204 and LaGrange School District 102. Parts of the city are in LaGrange School District 105 and LaGrange Highlands School District 106.
How do I register to vote in La Grange?
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: La Grange’s own website (villageoflagrange.com) and the hauler or county pages it links to (floodbrothersdisposal.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.