Photo: Village of Oak Lawn · CC BY 2.0Living in Oak Lawn, IL: what to set up and who to call
The Oak Lawn water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 9.3 ppb, was higher than 98% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Two school districts split the grades in Oak Lawn: Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 and Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oak Lawn, 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 Oak Lawn.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Oak Lawn. 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 Oak Lawn water system
The Oak Lawn water system supplies almost all of Oak Lawn. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Chicago as seller) and serves 58,362 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 9.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 11.3 ppb. That’s higher than 98% 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. IL0312220.
4 home internet providers serve Oak Lawn
100% of 18,422 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 64% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 71% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 67% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Oak Lawn
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Oak Lawn, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cms2.revize.com →
From cms2.revize.com, oaklawn-il.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated September 2025. 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.
Oak Lawn is in two districts that split the grades: Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 and Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123.
C+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.
Oak Lawn is in ZIP code 60453
ZIP codes where Oak Lawn residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oak Lawn | ZIP’s residents in Oak Lawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60453 | Oak Lawn, IL | 100% | 100% |
60454 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Oak Lawn
Who supplies Oak Lawn’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Oak Lawn water system (EPA ID IL0312220). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 9.3 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Oak Lawn?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Oak Lawn?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Oak Lawn?
60453. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oak Lawn in?
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 and Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123. Parts of the city are in Community High School District 218 and Ridgeland School District 122 and Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 and Atwood Heights School District 125.
How do I register to vote in Oak Lawn?
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: Oak Lawn’s own website (cms2.revize.com, oaklawn-il.gov), 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.