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The Libertyville Township handbook

Living in Libertyville Township, IL: what to set up and who to call

The Libertyville water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.6 ppb, was higher than 92% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Trains stop in Libertyville Township, at Libertyville.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Libertyville Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Libertyville Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Libertyville 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Libertyville water system

The Libertyville water system supplies Libertyville Township: about 38% of residents live in its service area. Mundelein serves another 23%. Vernon Hills - Lake Co Pw serves another 19%. Green Oaks serves another 9%. About 4% 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 Central Lake County Jawa as seller) and serves 20,500 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.

Lead, 90th percentile5.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 5.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 8.4 ppb. That’s higher than 92% 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. IL0970900.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Libertyville Township

100% of 15,152 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 31% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber90%5,000/5,000
i3 BroadbandFiber21%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless83%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless64%100/20
E-vergentFixed wireless3%60/10

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Libertyville Township is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Libertyville Township, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homelibertyville.com
Trash dayMon, Tue, Thu or FriDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekEach garbage service level includes 1 bulk item per week in the monthly rate; call Groot to schedule extra or oversized items

From libertyville.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 6/1/26. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Libertyville Township kids go to
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Libertyville High SchoolLibertyville Community High School District 128

Most of Libertyville Township (88%) is in Libertyville Community High School District 128; parts are in Libertyville School District 70 (34%) and Oak Grove School District 68 (24%) and Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 (20%) and Rondout School District 72 (16%) and Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 (11%) and Mundelein Elementary School District 75 (3%) and Diamond Lake School District 76 (3%).

A+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Libertyville Township spans 5 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Libertyville Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Libertyville TownshipZIP’s residents in Libertyville Township
60048Libertyville, IL52%96%
60060Mundelein, IL23%33%
60061Vernon Hills, IL19%37%
60044Lake Bluff, IL4%23%
60045Lake Forest, IL2%4%

A few homes fall in 60030.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Libertyville Township

Who supplies Libertyville Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Libertyville water system (EPA ID IL0970900). 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 5.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Libertyville 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 Libertyville Township?

Xfinity, AT&T, i3 Broadband, Verizon, T-Mobile, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Libertyville Township?

60048 (52%), 60060 (23%), 60061 (19%), 60044 (4%), 60045 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Libertyville Township in?

Libertyville Community High School District 128. Parts of the city are in Libertyville School District 70 and Oak Grove School District 68 and Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 and Rondout School District 72 and Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 and Mundelein Elementary School District 75 and Diamond Lake School District 76.

How do I register to vote in Libertyville 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 Lake 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: Libertyville Township’s own website (libertyville.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.