Living in Lakewood, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Lakewood: Community High School District 155 and Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47. Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal La, 3.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lakewood, 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 Lakewood.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lakewood. 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 Lakewood water system
The Lakewood water system supplies Lakewood: about 52% of residents live in its service area. Crystal Lake serves another 30%. About 18% 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 4,267 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 2026–Dec 2028, was 3.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 11.0 ppb. That’s higher than 86% 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. IL1115760.
7 home internet providers serve Lakewood
99% of 1,486 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 54% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 87% | 5,000/5,000 |
| i3 Broadband | Fiber | 27% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 90% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 85% | 300/20 |
| Fox Valley Internet, Opiquad LLC, Getgoing Infrastructure Group | Fixed wireless | 15% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lakewood’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lakewood.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lakewood is in two districts that split the grades: Community High School District 155 and Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47.
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Lakewood spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lakewood residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lakewood | ZIP’s residents in Lakewood |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60014 | Crystal Lake, IL | 99% | 9% |
| 60098 | Woodstock, 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 Lakewood
Who supplies Lakewood’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lakewood water system (EPA ID IL1115760). 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 3.7 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lakewood?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lakewood?
Xfinity, AT&T, i3 Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon, Fox Valley Internet, Opiquad LLC, Getgoing Infrastructure Group (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lakewood?
60014 (99%), 60098 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lakewood in?
Community High School District 155 and Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47. Parts of the city are in Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 and Huntley Consolidated School District 158.
How do I register to vote in Lakewood?
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 McHenry 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.