Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Melrose Park, IL: what to set up and who to call
Melrose Park has its own drop-off, Melrose Park Transfer Station. Most homes in Melrose Park have two wired internet choices, Xfinity and AT&T.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Melrose Park, 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 Melrose Park.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Melrose Park. 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 Melrose Park
Melrose Park supplies Melrose Park: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 24,206 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–Dec 2026, was 4.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.8 ppb. That’s higher than 89% 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. IL0311860.
4 home internet providers serve Melrose Park
100% of 5,362 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 24% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 87% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 85% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 28% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Melrose Park
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Melrose Park, from the town’s own site.
Melrose Park Transfer Station
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From melrosepark.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Melrose Park (70%) is in Proviso Township High School District 209; parts are in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 (40%) and Leyden Community High School District 212 (30%) and Bellwood School District 88 (18%) and Berkeley School District 87 (16%) and Rhodes School District 84-5 (16%) and Mannheim School District 83 (8%).
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.
Melrose Park is in ZIP code 60160
ZIP codes where Melrose Park residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Melrose Park | ZIP’s residents in Melrose Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60160 | Melrose Park, IL | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 60164. 60161 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Melrose Park
Who supplies Melrose Park’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Melrose Park (EPA ID IL0311860). 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 4.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Melrose Park?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Melrose Park?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Melrose Park?
60160. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Melrose Park in?
Proviso Township High School District 209. Parts of the city are in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 and Leyden Community High School District 212 and Bellwood School District 88 and Berkeley School District 87 and Rhodes School District 84-5 and Mannheim School District 83.
How do I register to vote in Melrose Park?
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: Melrose Park’s own website (melrosepark.org), 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.