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The Shorewood handbook

Living in Shorewood, IL: what to set up and who to call

Trash goes out on Tuesdays in Shorewood, collected by Waste Management. Two school districts split the grades in Shorewood: Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C and Joliet Township High School District 204.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Shorewood, 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 Shorewood.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Shorewood. 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 Shorewood water system

The Shorewood water system supplies Shorewood: about 96% of residents live in its service area. It draws ground water and serves 18,645 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s higher than 73% 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. IL1975080.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Shorewood

100% of 6,607 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 15% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber89%5,000/5,000
Watch CommunicationsFixed wireless79%400/40
T-MobileFixed wireless67%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless66%300/20
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless9%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Shorewood is Tuesday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Shorewood, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerWaste Management picks up at the curb for every homeshorewoodil.gov
Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • RecyclingEvery week, Tue
  • Bulky itemsEvery week
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Food & Beverage Cans
  • Glass Bottles & Containers
  • Paper
  • Flattened Cardboard & Paperboard
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekOne bulk item per weekly pickup (e.g., couch, small tables, mattress, chair); carpet cut and rolled into 4-foot lengths, up to eight rolls per week

From shorewoodil.gov, cms2.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2022. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Shorewood kids go to
K–49 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Shorewood is in two districts that split the grades: Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C and Joliet Township High School District 204.

B−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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Shorewood is in ZIP code 60404

ZIP codes where Shorewood residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of ShorewoodZIP’s residents in Shorewood
60404Shorewood, IL100%91%

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 Shorewood

Who supplies Shorewood’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Shorewood water system (EPA ID IL1975080). 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 2.3 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Shorewood?

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Shorewood?

Xfinity, AT&T, Watch Communications, T-Mobile, Verizon, Bertram Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Shorewood?

60404. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Shorewood in?

Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C and Joliet Township High School District 204. Parts of the city are in Minooka Community High School District 111 and Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201.

How do I register to vote in Shorewood?

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 Will 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: Shorewood’s own website (shorewoodil.gov, cms2.revize.com), 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.