Living in Leyden Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Leyden Township is Melrose Park Transfer Station, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Trains stop in Leyden Township, at Belmont Avenue (Franklin Park).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Leyden 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 Leyden Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Leyden 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 Elmwood Park
Elmwood Park supplies Leyden Township: about 26% of residents live in its service area. Franklin Park serves another 19%. Schiller Park serves another 13%. Leyden Twsp Water District serves another 10%. Northlake serves another 10%. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Chicago as seller) and serves 25,000 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–Jun 2026, was 4.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.6 ppb. That’s higher than 90% 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. IL0310780.
5 home internet providers serve Leyden Township
100% of 25,275 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 42% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Astound Broadband | Cable | 3% | 1,500/50 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 62% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Leyden Township.
Melrose Park Transfer Station
· run by Waste Management, Inc.
This isn’t Leyden Township’s own facility. Whether Leyden Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Leyden Township (95%) is in Leyden Community High School District 212; parts are in Mannheim School District 83 (32%) and Schiller Park School District 81 (15%) and Franklin Park School District 84 (11%) and Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 (10%) and Rhodes School District 84-5 (8%) and River Grove School District 85-5 (7%) and Rosemont Elementary School District 78 (7%) and Berkeley School District 87 (5%) and Maine Township High School District 207 (4%) and Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 (3%).
C−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.
Leyden Township spans 9 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Leyden Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Leyden Township | ZIP’s residents in Leyden Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60707 | Elmwood Park, IL | 26% | 57% |
| 60164 | Melrose Park, IL | 21% | 86% |
| 60131 | Franklin Park, IL | 20% | 100% |
| 60176 | Schiller Park, IL | 13% | 100% |
| 60171 | River Grove, IL | 11% | 100% |
| 60160 | Melrose Park, IL | 3% | 10% |
| 60018 | Des Plaines, IL | 2% | 7% |
| 60068 | Park Ridge, IL | 2% | 5% |
| 60706 | Harwood Heights, IL | 2% | 8% |
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 Leyden Township
Who supplies Leyden Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Elmwood Park (EPA ID IL0310780). 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 4.9 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Leyden 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 Leyden Township?
Xfinity, AT&T, Astound Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Leyden Township?
60707 (26%), 60164 (21%), 60131 (20%), 60176 (13%), 60171 (11%), 60160 (3%), 60018 (2%), 60068 (2%), 60706 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Leyden Township in?
Leyden Community High School District 212. Parts of the city are in Mannheim School District 83 and Schiller Park School District 81 and Franklin Park School District 84 and Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 and Rhodes School District 84-5 and River Grove School District 85-5 and Rosemont Elementary School District 78 and Berkeley School District 87 and Maine Township High School District 207 and Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64.
How do I register to vote in Leyden 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 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: 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.