Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mettawa, IL: what to set up and who to call
Mettawa spans 2 ZIP codes; 60048 holds the most residents (55%). Vernon Area Public Library District, 3.2 miles away, is the closest library to Mettawa.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mettawa, 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 Mettawa.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mettawa. 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 Elm Oak Mutual Water System
Elm Oak Mutual Water System supplies Mettawa: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 50 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. IL0975736.
4 home internet providers serve Mettawa
96% of 242 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 90% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 60% | 75/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 89% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 71% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Mettawa’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mettawa.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Mettawa (68%) is in Libertyville Community High School District 128; parts are in Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 (39%) and Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 (32%) and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 (32%) and Rondout School District 72 (29%).
Test scores and every school: see 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 Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Mettawa spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Mettawa residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mettawa | ZIP’s residents in Mettawa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60048 | Libertyville, IL | 55% | 1% |
| 60045 | Lake Forest, IL | 45% | 1% |
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 Mettawa
Who supplies Mettawa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Elm Oak Mutual Water System (EPA ID IL0975736). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mettawa?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mettawa?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mettawa?
60048 (55%), 60045 (45%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mettawa in?
Libertyville Community High School District 128. Parts of the city are in Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 and Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 and Rondout School District 72.
How do I register to vote in Mettawa?
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: 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.