Living in Lake Holiday, IL: what to set up and who to call
Lake Holiday has no town government of its own, so LaSalle County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Sandwich Community Unit School District 430. Valley West Community Hospital, 2.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lake Holiday, 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 Lake Holiday.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lake Holiday. 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 Prairie Path Water Company-Lake Holiday
Prairie Path Water Company-Lake Holiday supplies almost all of Lake Holiday. It draws ground water and serves 4,750 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. IL0995200.
6 home internet providers serve Lake Holiday
100% of 2,502 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Frontier | DSL | 47% | 90/5 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 48% | 400/40 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 42% | 300/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 32% | 50/10 |
| KWISP Internet | Fixed wireless | 3% | 10/1 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lake Holiday’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lake Holiday.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Lake Holiday (57%) is in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430; parts are in Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 (43%).
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lake Holiday is unincorporated, so LaSalle County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Lake Holiday spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lake Holiday residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lake Holiday | ZIP’s residents in Lake Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60548 | Sandwich, IL | 64% | 30% |
| 60552 | Somonauk, IL | 36% | 47% |
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 Lake Holiday
Who supplies Lake Holiday’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Prairie Path Water Company-Lake Holiday (EPA ID IL0995200). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lake Holiday?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lake Holiday?
Xfinity, Frontier, Watch Communications, Verizon, Rise Broadband, KWISP Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lake Holiday?
60548 (64%), 60552 (36%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lake Holiday in?
Sandwich Community Unit School District 430. Parts of the city are in Somonauk Community Unit School District 432.
How do I register to vote in Lake Holiday?
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.