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The Mundelein handbook

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

All of Mundelein gets its mail under one ZIP code, 60060. Mundelein has its own train station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mundelein, 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 Mundelein.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mundelein. 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 Mundelein water system

The Mundelein water system supplies almost all of Mundelein. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Central Lake County Jawa and Vernon Hills - Lake Co Pw as sellers) and serves 31,500 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 percentile4.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 4.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 54.0 ppb. That’s higher than 88% 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. IL0971150.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Mundelein

100% of 9,378 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 36% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber96%5,000/5,000
i3 BroadbandFiber14%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless91%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless24%100/20
E-vergentFixed wireless5%10/1

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Mundelein is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mundelein, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerGroot Industries, Inc. picks up at the curb for every homemundelein.org
Trash dayTue, Wed, Thu or FriDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsElectronic waste collected at the curb at no additional charge; residents call Groot to schedule a date and time

From mundelein.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27, October 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Mundelein kids go to
PK–22 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
3–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Mundelein Cons High SchoolMundelein Consolidated High School District 120

Most of Mundelein (95%) is in Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120; parts are in Mundelein Elementary School District 75 (36%) and Fremont School District 79 (34%) and Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 (15%) and Diamond Lake School District 76 (10%) and Libertyville School District 70 (5%) and Libertyville Community High School District 128 (3%) and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 (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.

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

Mundelein is in ZIP code 60060

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MundeleinZIP’s residents in Mundelein
60060Mundelein, IL100%84%

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 Mundelein

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

The Mundelein water system (EPA ID IL0971150). 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 4.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mundelein?

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

What internet providers serve Mundelein?

Xfinity, AT&T, i3 Broadband, Verizon, T-Mobile, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Mundelein?

60060. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mundelein in?

Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120. Parts of the city are in Mundelein Elementary School District 75 and Fremont School District 79 and Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 and Diamond Lake School District 76 and Libertyville School District 70 and Libertyville Community High School District 128 and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125.

How do I register to vote in Mundelein?

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: Mundelein’s own website (mundelein.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.