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The Manteno handbook

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

In Manteno, trash day is Monday (Homewood Disposal collects). Aqua Illinois-Kankakee reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), beginning Jan 2024.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Manteno, 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 Manteno.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Manteno. 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 Aqua Illinois-Kankakee

Aqua Illinois-Kankakee supplies almost all of Manteno. It draws surface water and serves 80,000 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), beginning Jan 2024. 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. IL0915030.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Manteno

100% of 3,702 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%1,200/35
Pavlov MediaFiber76%8,000/8,000
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless10%25/3
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless100%100/20
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless97%50/10
VerizonFixed wireless38%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Manteno is Monday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Manteno, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.

Trash haulerHomewood DisposalPicks up trash in Mantenomydisposal.com
Trash dayMondayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspapers
  • Tin
  • Aluminum
  • Glass (clear and colored)
  • Plastic Bottles (#1 or #2)
  • Magazines and Catalogs
  • Corrugated Cardboard (empty and flatten)
  • Phone books
  • Junk mail
  • Pop cans, soup cans, coffee cans
Recycling drop-off

Belson Steel Center Scrap Inc.

1685 N. State Route 50, Bourbonnais

From villageofmanteno.com, the town’s official site; mydisposal.com, which villageofmanteno.com links to for trash, checked Oct 24, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-30, 2026-09-30T15:14:36+00:00. 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.

Manteno kids go to
PK–4Manteno Elem SchoolManteno Community Unit School District 5
5–8Manteno Middle SchoolManteno Community Unit School District 5
9–12Manteno High SchoolManteno Community Unit School District 5

Manteno is in Manteno Community Unit School District 5.

BSchool 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 Aug 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Manteno is in ZIP code 60950

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MantenoZIP’s residents in Manteno
60950Manteno, IL100%77%

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.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Manteno

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

Aqua Illinois-Kankakee (EPA ID IL0915030). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule). 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Manteno?

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Manteno?

Xfinity, Pavlov Media, AT&T, Bertram Communications, Rise Broadband, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Manteno?

60950. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Manteno in?

Manteno Community Unit School District 5.

How do I register to vote in Manteno?

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 Kankakee 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: Manteno’s own website (villageofmanteno.com) and the hauler or county pages it links to (mydisposal.com), read Oct 24, 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.