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The Norridge handbook

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

Two school districts split the grades in Norridge: Ridgewood Community High School District 234 and Norridge School District 80. For a library card, the closest branch is Eisenhower Public Library District, 0.6 miles out.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Norridge, 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 Norridge.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

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

The Norridge water system supplies almost all of Norridge. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Chicago as seller) and serves 15,251 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 percentile2.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.6 ppb. That’s higher than 76% 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. IL0312040.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Norridge

100% of 4,912 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless98%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless73%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless39%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Norridge’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Norridge.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Norridge kids go to
PK–4J Leigh Elem SchoolNorridge School District 80
5–8J Giles Elem SchoolNorridge School District 80
9–12Ridgewood Comm High SchoolRidgewood Community High School District 234

Norridge is in two districts that split the grades: Ridgewood Community High School District 234 and Norridge School District 80.

A−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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Norridge is in ZIP code 60706

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of NorridgeZIP’s residents in Norridge
60706Harwood Heights, IL100%63%
Area code708Wikidata

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.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Norridge

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

The Norridge water system (EPA ID IL0312040). 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 2.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Norridge?

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

What internet providers serve Norridge?

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

What ZIP codes are in Norridge?

60706. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Norridge in?

Ridgewood Community High School District 234 and Norridge School District 80. Parts of the city are in Pennoyer School District 79 and Union Ridge School District 86 and Maine Township High School District 207.

How do I register to vote in Norridge?

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: 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.