Photo: A. McMurray A mcmurray · CC BY 2.5Living in Sandwich Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
All of Sandwich Township gets its mail under one ZIP code, 60548. The closest ER is Valley West Community Hospital, 3 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sandwich 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 Sandwich Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sandwich Township. 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 Sandwich water system
The Sandwich water system supplies Sandwich Township: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 7,156 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 Jan–Jun 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.3 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. IL0374850.
9 home internet providers serve Sandwich Township
95% of 2,934 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 94% | 2,000/250 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 86% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 69% | 7,000/7,000 |
| DNA Communications | DSL | 35% | 10/1 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 66% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sandwich Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sandwich Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sandwich Township is in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430.
Test scores and every school: see 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Sandwich Township is in ZIP code 60548
ZIP codes where Sandwich Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sandwich Township | ZIP’s residents in Sandwich Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60548 | Sandwich, IL | 100% | 62% |
A few homes fall in 60511.
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 Sandwich Township
Who supplies Sandwich Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Sandwich water system (EPA ID IL0374850). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sandwich Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sandwich Township?
Xfinity, Metronet, Frontier, DNA Communications, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sandwich Township?
60548. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sandwich Township in?
Sandwich Community Unit School District 430.
How do I register to vote in Sandwich 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 DeKalb 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.