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The Libertyville handbook

Living in Libertyville, 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). Two school districts split the grades in Libertyville: Libertyville Community High School District 128 and Libertyville School District 70.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Libertyville, 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.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

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

5 home internet providers serve Libertyville

100% of 6,517 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 29% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber95%1,000/1,000
i3 BroadbandFiber18%8,000/8,000
T-MobileFixed wireless75%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless72%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Libertyville, 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 itemsUnlimited and limited service levels include one bulk item per week; additional bulk items require calling Groot to schedule a pick-up and arrange payment.
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageswalco.org →

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 kids go to
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Highland Middle SchoolLibertyville School District 70
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Libertyville is in two districts that split the grades: Libertyville Community High School District 128 and Libertyville School District 70.

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 is in ZIP code 60048

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LibertyvilleZIP’s residents in Libertyville
60048Libertyville, IL100%70%

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

Who supplies Libertyville’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?

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?

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

What ZIP codes are in Libertyville?

60048. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Libertyville in?

Libertyville Community High School District 128 and Libertyville School District 70. Parts of the city are in Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 and Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 and Fremont School District 79 and Grayslake Community High School District 127.

How do I register to vote in Libertyville?

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’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.