Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mokena, IL: what to set up and who to call
Tuesday is trash day in Mokena; NuWay Disposal collects. Two school districts split the grades in Mokena: Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and Mokena School District 159.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mokena, 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 Mokena.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mokena. 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 Mokena water system
The Mokena water system supplies Mokena: about 85% of residents live in its service area. About 13% 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 Tinley Park as seller) and serves 19,887 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 2023–Dec 2025, 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. IL1970600.
6 home internet providers serve Mokena
100% of 6,043 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 22% | 50/10 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 84% | 100/20 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 74% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 45% | 300/20 |
| Urban Communications | Fixed wireless | 3% | 75/25 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Mokena is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mokena, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week, Tue · which week: mokena.org
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum
- Tin
- Steel cans
- Newspaper
- Glossy magazines or catalogs
- Junk mail
- Two-liter bottles
- Milk jugs
- Laundry detergent bottles
- Any type plastic except #6
- Chipboard
- Cereal boxes
- Cookie / cracker boxes
From mokena.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 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.
Mokena is in two districts that split the grades: Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and Mokena School District 159.
ASchool 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Mokena is in ZIP code 60448
ZIP codes where Mokena residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mokena | ZIP’s residents in Mokena |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60448 | Mokena, IL | 100% | 78% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Mokena
Who supplies Mokena’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mokena water system (EPA ID IL1970600). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mokena?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mokena?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Bertram Communications, Verizon, Urban Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mokena?
60448. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mokena in?
Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and Mokena School District 159. Parts of the city are in Summit Hill School District 161 and New Lenox School District 122 and Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C.
How do I register to vote in Mokena?
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 Will 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: Mokena’s own website (mokena.org), read Oct 23, 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.