Living in Richwoods Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
All of Richwoods Township gets its mail under one ZIP code, 61616. Xfinity and AT&T both wire most of Richwoods Township; 73% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Richwoods Township, 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 Richwoods Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Richwoods Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Peoria Heights water system
The Peoria Heights water system supplies Richwoods Township: about 86% of residents live in its service area. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Il American-Peoria as seller) and serves 5,908 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 4.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.3 ppb. That’s higher than 89% 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. IL1434750.
5 home internet providers serve Richwoods Township
100% of 2,608 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 73% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 86% | 100/20 |
| i3 Broadband | Fiber | 84% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 81% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 50% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Richwoods Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Richwoods Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Richwoods Township (83%) is in Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325; parts are in Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 (13%) and Peoria School District 150 (4%).
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 Jun 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Richwoods Township is in ZIP code 61616
ZIP codes where Richwoods Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Richwoods Township | ZIP’s residents in Richwoods Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61616 | Peoria Heights, IL | 100% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 61615.
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 Richwoods Township
Who supplies Richwoods Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Peoria Heights water system (EPA ID IL1434750). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Richwoods Township?
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Richwoods Township?
Xfinity, AT&T, i3 Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Richwoods Township?
61616. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Richwoods Township in?
Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325. Parts of the city are in Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 and Peoria School District 150.
How do I register to vote in Richwoods Township?
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 Peoria County Election Commission. 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.