Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0Living in Round Lake, IL: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Round Lake is Groot North Transfer Station, 1 mile out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Trains stop in Round Lake.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Round Lake, 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.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Round Lake. 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 water system
The Round Lake water system supplies Round Lake: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 6% 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 Central Lake County Jawa and Round Lake Park as sellers) and serves 18,430 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–Jun 2026, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.3 ppb. That’s higher than 77% 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. IL0971500.
6 home internet providers serve Round Lake
100% of 5,014 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 83% | 100/20 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 69% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 80% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
| E-vergent | Fixed wireless | 2% | 10/1 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 1 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Round Lake.
Groot North Transfer Station
201 Porter Drive, Round Lake Park, IL, 60073
This isn’t Round Lake’s own facility. Whether Round Lake residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Round Lake (42%) is in Grant Community High School District 124; parts are in Grayslake Community High School District 127 (41%) and Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 (38%) and Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 (25%) and Big Hollow School District 38 (25%) and Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 (17%) and Fremont School District 79 (11%).
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 is in ZIP code 60073
ZIP codes where Round Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Round Lake | ZIP’s residents in Round Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60073 | Round Lake, IL | 100% | 30% |
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 Round Lake
Who supplies Round Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Round Lake water system (EPA ID IL0971500). 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 2.7 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Round Lake?
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?
Xfinity, AT&T, Metronet, Verizon, T-Mobile, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Round Lake?
60073. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Round Lake in?
Grant Community High School District 124. Parts of the city are in Grayslake Community High School District 127 and Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 and Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 and Big Hollow School District 38 and Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 and Fremont School District 79.
How do I register to vote in Round Lake?
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.