Photo: Indy beetle · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Mount Prospect, IL: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Mount Prospect is Groot, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Trains stop in Mount Prospect.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Prospect, 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 Mount Prospect.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Prospect. 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 Mount Prospect water system
The Mount Prospect water system supplies Mount Prospect: about 72% of residents live in its service area. Il American-Chicago Suburban serves another 20%. Il American-Waycinden serves another 6%. About 4% 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 Northwest Suburban Municipal Jawa as seller) and serves 41,000 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 2026–Dec 2028, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.3 ppb. That’s higher than 73% 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. IL0311980.
5 home internet providers serve Mount Prospect
100% of 13,990 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 15% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Astound Broadband | Cable | 94% | 1,500/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 90% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 76% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Mount Prospect depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mount Prospect, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayThe town’s pickup map
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Mount Prospect Drop-off
1700 W. Central Rd., Mount Prospect, IL 60056
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Newspaper, mixed paper, corrugated cardboard
- Glass food and beverage containers
- Steel, tin and bimetal containers
- Aluminum foil, formed-foil
From mountprospect.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated January 1, 2017. 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.
Mount Prospect is in Township High School District 214; parts are in Mount Prospect School District 57 (38%) and Community Consolidated School District 59 (27%) and River Trails School District 26 (24%) and Arlington Heights School District 25 (4%) and Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 (4%) and Prospect Heights School District 23 (3%).
B+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.
Mount Prospect is in ZIP code 60056
ZIP codes where Mount Prospect residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Prospect | ZIP’s residents in Mount Prospect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60056 | Mount Prospect, IL | 99% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 60005.
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 Mount Prospect
Who supplies Mount Prospect’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mount Prospect water system (EPA ID IL0311980). 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 2.2 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Prospect?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mount Prospect?
Xfinity, Astound Broadband, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Prospect?
60056. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Prospect in?
Township High School District 214. Parts of the city are in Mount Prospect School District 57 and Community Consolidated School District 59 and River Trails School District 26 and Arlington Heights School District 25 and Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 and Prospect Heights School District 23.
How do I register to vote in Mount Prospect?
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: Mount Prospect’s own website (mountprospect.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.