Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Pontiac, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Pontiac: Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 and Pontiac Township High School District 90. Pontiac has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pontiac, 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 Pontiac.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pontiac. 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 Il American-Pontiac water system
The Il American-Pontiac water system supplies almost all of Pontiac. It draws surface water and serves 11,864 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 Jul–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. IL1055030.
11 home internet providers serve Pontiac
100% of 3,887 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/50 |
| Pavlov Media | Fiber | 96% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Conxxus | Fiber | 83% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 71% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 92% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 79% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Pontiac is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Pontiac, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Newspaper
- Plastics
- Aluminum cans
- Tin/Steel and Bi-Metal Cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Brown paper grocery bags
- Corrugated boxes
- Office paper, school paper, annual reports
From pontiac.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Pontiac is in two districts that split the grades: Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 and Pontiac Township High School District 90.
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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Pontiac is in ZIP code 61764
ZIP codes where Pontiac residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pontiac | ZIP’s residents in Pontiac |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61764 | Pontiac, IL | 100% | 82% |
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 Pontiac
Who supplies Pontiac’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Il American-Pontiac water system (EPA ID IL1055030). 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 2.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pontiac?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pontiac?
Mediacom Xtream, Pavlov Media, Conxxus, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pontiac?
61764. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pontiac in?
Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 and Pontiac Township High School District 90.
How do I register to vote in Pontiac?
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 Livingston 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: Pontiac’s own website (pontiac.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.