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The Swansea handbook

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

Swansea spans 2 ZIP codes; 62226 holds the most residents (96%). Spectrum and AT&T both wire most of Swansea; 42% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Swansea, 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 Swansea.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Swansea. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company 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 Il American-East St Louis water system

The Il American-East St Louis water system supplies almost all of Swansea. It draws surface water and serves 131,368 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL1635040.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Swansea

99% of 5,680 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 42% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/1,000
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber93%5,000/5,000
i3 BroadbandFiber18%8,000/8,000
T-MobileFixed wireless86%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless76%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Swansea’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Swansea.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Swansea or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Swansea kids go to
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Swansea (97%) is in Belleville Township High School District 201; parts are in Wolf Branch School District 113 (50%) and High Mount School District 116 (23%) and Belleville School District 118 (17%) and Whiteside School District 115 (8%) and Central School District 104 (3%) and O'Fallon Township High School District 203 (3%).

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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Swansea spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SwanseaZIP’s residents in Swansea
62226Belleville, IL96%48%
62269O Fallon, IL3%1%

A few homes fall in 62223, 62221, 62208.

Area code618Wikidata

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 Swansea

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

The Il American-East St Louis water system (EPA ID IL1635040). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Swansea?

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Swansea?

Spectrum, AT&T, i3 Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Swansea?

62226 (96%), 62269 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Swansea in?

Belleville Township High School District 201. Parts of the city are in Wolf Branch School District 113 and High Mount School District 116 and Belleville School District 118 and Whiteside School District 115 and Central School District 104 and O'Fallon Township High School District 203.

How do I register to vote in Swansea?

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 St. Clair 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.