Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Park Forest, IL: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Tuesdays in Park Forest, collected by Homewood Disposal Services Inc. Two school districts split the grades in Park Forest: Rich Township High School District 227 and Park Forest School District 163.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Park Forest, 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 Park Forest.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Park Forest. 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 Park Forest
Park Forest supplies Park Forest: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 21,687 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 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. IL0314740.
5 home internet providers serve Park Forest
100% of 6,390 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 34% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 95% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 61% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 56% | 100/20 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 10% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Park Forest is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Park Forest, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week, Tue · which week: villageofparkforest.com
Accepted at the curb
- White, brown, and green glass bottles and jars
- Tin and aluminum containers
- Plastic containers, #1-7 (#6 are not accepted)
Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM)
15800 S. State Street, South Holland, IL 60473
Working Bikes
2434 S Western Ave, Chicago
From villageofparkforest.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Park Forest is in two districts that split the grades: Rich Township High School District 227 and Park Forest School District 163.
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.
Park Forest is in ZIP code 60466
ZIP codes where Park Forest residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Park Forest | ZIP’s residents in Park Forest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60466 | Park Forest, IL | 100% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 60417.
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Park Forest
Who supplies Park Forest’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Park Forest (EPA ID IL0314740). 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 2.3 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Park Forest?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Park Forest?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bertram Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Park Forest?
60466. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Park Forest in?
Rich Township High School District 227 and Park Forest School District 163. Parts of the city are in Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U and Matteson Elementary School District 162 and Steger School District 194.
How do I register to vote in Park Forest?
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: Park Forest’s own website (villageofparkforest.com), read Oct 23, 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.