Valencia Court Apartments · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Viola Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
Viola Township spans 4 ZIP codes; 61318 holds the most residents (65%). The closest ER is Rochelle Community Hospital, 11.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Viola 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 Viola Township.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Viola 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.
Which providers serve Viola Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Viola Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Viola Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Viola Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Viola Township (74%) is in Mendota Township High School District 280; parts are in Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 (39%) and Paw Paw CUSD 271 (28%) and Rochelle Township High School District 212 (26%) and Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 (19%) and Steward Elementary School District 220 (14%).
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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Viola Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Viola Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Viola Township | ZIP’s residents in Viola Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61318 | Compton, IL | 65% | 33% |
| 61378 | West Brooklyn, IL | 29% | 18% |
| 61006 | Ashton, IL | 4% | 1% |
| 60553 | Steward, IL | 2% | 1% |
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 Viola Township
Who provides electricity in Viola Township?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Viola Township?
61318 (65%), 61378 (29%), 61006 (4%), 60553 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Viola Township in?
Mendota Township High School District 280. Parts of the city are in Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 and Paw Paw CUSD 271 and Rochelle Township High School District 212 and Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 and Steward Elementary School District 220.
How do I register to vote in Viola 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 Lee County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- 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): pending.