Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0Living in Round Lake Beach, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Round Lake Beach: Grayslake Community High School District 127 and Round Lake Community Unit School District 116. The closest public drop-off to Round Lake Beach is Groot North Transfer Station, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Round Lake Beach, 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 Round Lake Beach.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Round Lake Beach. 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 Round Lake Beach water system
The Round Lake Beach water system supplies almost all of Round Lake Beach. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Central Lake County Jawa as seller) and serves 27,200 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–Dec 2025, was 4.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. IL0971550.
6 home internet providers serve Round Lake Beach
100% of 7,871 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 75% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 92% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 67% | 5,120/5,120 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 33% | 300/20 |
| E-vergent | Fixed wireless | 31% | 60/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Round Lake Beach
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Round Lake Beach, from the town’s own site.
Electronic Recycling drop-off (Sunset Drive, gated Sanitary Plant)
- Mon7:30 am–11 am, 12:30 pm–3 pm
- Tue7:30 am–11 am, 12:30 pm–3 pm
From roundlakebeachil.gov, 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.
Round Lake Beach is in two districts that split the grades: Grayslake Community High School District 127 and Round Lake Community Unit School District 116.
B−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 Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Round Lake Beach spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Round Lake Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Round Lake Beach | ZIP’s residents in Round Lake Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60073 | Round Lake, IL | 96% | 42% |
| 60046 | Lake Villa, IL | 4% | 3% |
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 Round Lake Beach
Who supplies Round Lake Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Round Lake Beach water system (EPA ID IL0971550). 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 4.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Round Lake Beach?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Round Lake Beach?
Xfinity, AT&T, Metronet, T-Mobile, Verizon, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Round Lake Beach?
60073 (96%), 60046 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Round Lake Beach in?
Grayslake Community High School District 127 and Round Lake Community Unit School District 116. Parts of the city are in Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 and Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 and Grant Community High School District 124.
How do I register to vote in Round Lake Beach?
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 Lake 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: Round Lake Beach’s own website (roundlakebeachil.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.