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The Round Lake Heights handbook

Living in Round Lake Heights, IL: what to set up and who to call

Two school districts split the grades in Round Lake Heights: Grant Community High School District 124 and Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41. The closest public drop-off to Round Lake Heights is Groot North Transfer Station, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Round Lake Heights, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Round Lake Heights.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Round Lake Heights. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Round Lake Heights water system

The Round Lake Heights water system supplies Round Lake Heights: about 71% of residents live in its service area. About 28% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Round Lake Beach as seller) and serves 2,622 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 60% 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. IL0970260.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Round Lake Heights

100% of 810 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless98%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless31%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless7%300/20
E-vergentFixed wireless7%60/10

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Round Lake Heights.

Nearest public drop-off · 3.2 mi from the center of Round Lake Heights

Groot North Transfer Station

201 Porter Drive, Round Lake Park, IL, 60073

This isn’t Round Lake Heights’ own facility. Whether Round Lake Heights residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Round Lake Heights kids go to
PK–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Round Lake Heights is in two districts that split the grades: Grant Community High School District 124 and Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41.

C+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Round Lake Heights is in ZIP code 60073

ZIP codes where Round Lake Heights residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Round Lake HeightsZIP’s residents in Round Lake Heights
60073Round Lake, IL100%4%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Heights

Who supplies Round Lake Heights’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Round Lake Heights water system (EPA ID IL0970260). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Round Lake Heights?

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 Heights?

Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Round Lake Heights?

60073. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Round Lake Heights in?

Grant Community High School District 124 and Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41. Parts of the city are in Round Lake Community Unit School District 116.

How do I register to vote in Round Lake Heights?

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: 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.