Photo: Keybdn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in St. Charles, IL: what to set up and who to call
St. Charles runs its own electric utility, City of St Charles; its homes paid 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025. The closest ER is Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital, 2.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Charles, 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 St. Charles.
Power comes from City of St Charles
City of St Charles (City of St Charles - (IL)), a municipal utility, serves all of St. Charles. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $104 a month (its average across Illinois).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from St Charles water system
The St Charles water system supplies St. Charles: about 82% of residents live in its service area. Geneva serves another 10%. West Chicago serves another 5%. About 6% 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 33,103 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 3.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.5 ppb. That’s higher than 86% 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. IL0894830.
6 home internet providers serve St. Charles
99% of 10,341 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 93% | 100/20 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 87% | 5,120/5,120 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 83% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| Fox Valley Internet, Opiquad LLC, Getgoing Infrastructure Group | Fixed wireless | 10% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Lakeshore Recycling Systems picks up trash in St. Charles
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in St. Charles, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Kane County Recycling Center in Batavia
517 E. Fabyan Parkway
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check stcharlesil.gov →
From stcharlesil.gov, the town’s official site; lrsrecycles.com, which stcharlesil.gov links to for trash, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated July 1, 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.
St. Charles is in St. Charles Community Unit School District 303.
ASchool 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
St. Charles spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where St. Charles residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Charles | ZIP’s residents in St. Charles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60174 | Saint Charles, IL | 82% | 88% |
| 60175 | Saint Charles, IL | 18% | 23% |
A few homes fall in 60185.
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 St. Charles
Who supplies St. Charles’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The St Charles water system (EPA ID IL0894830). 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 3.9 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Charles?
City of St Charles (City of St Charles - (IL)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve St. Charles?
Xfinity, AT&T, Metronet, T-Mobile, Verizon, Fox Valley Internet, Opiquad LLC, Getgoing Infrastructure Group (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Charles?
60174 (82%), 60175 (18%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Charles in?
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303.
How do I register to vote in St. Charles?
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 Kane 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: St. Charles’ own website (stcharlesil.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (lrsrecycles.com), read Oct 23, 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.