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The Moraine Township handbook

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

Highland Park has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 11.0 ppb, was higher than 99% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Two school districts split the grades in Moraine Township: Township High School District 113 and North Shore School District 112.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Moraine Township, 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 Moraine Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Moraine Township. 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 Highland Park

Highland Park supplies Moraine Township: about 79% of residents live in its service area. Highwood serves another 13%. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Glencoe and Northbrook and Highwood and Lake Forest as sellers) and serves 30,176 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 percentile11.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 11.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.0 ppb. That’s higher than 99% 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. IL0970500.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Moraine Township

100% of 10,514 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 21% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber93%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless81%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless54%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Moraine Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Moraine Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Moraine Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Moraine Township kids go to
K–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Highland Park High SchoolTownship High School District 113

Moraine Township is in two districts that split the grades: Township High School District 113 and North Shore School District 112.

ASchool 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

Moraine Township spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Moraine TownshipZIP’s residents in Moraine Township
60035Highland Park, IL77%87%
60040Highwood, IL15%100%
60045Lake Forest, IL4%7%
60015Deerfield, IL4%4%

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 Moraine Township

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

Highland Park (EPA ID IL0970500). 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 11.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Moraine Township?

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

What internet providers serve Moraine Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Moraine Township?

60035 (77%), 60040 (15%), 60045 (4%), 60015 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Moraine Township in?

Township High School District 113 and North Shore School District 112. Parts of the city are in Lake Forest School District 67 and Lake Forest Community High School District 115 and Deerfield School District 109.

How do I register to vote in Moraine Township?

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.