Photo: Sea Cow · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Wheaton, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Wheaton: Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Community Unit School District 200. Wheaton has a train station, College Avenue.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Wheaton, 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 Wheaton.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Wheaton. 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 Wheaton water system
The Wheaton water system supplies Wheaton: about 96% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Du Page Water Commission as seller) and serves 53,970 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
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. That’s higher than 74% 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. IL0431050.
4 home internet providers serve Wheaton
100% of 14,494 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 41% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 84% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 68% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 54% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Wheaton
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Wheaton, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Notebook and computer paper
- Corrugated cardboard (cut into 3-foot squares or smaller)
- Cereal/tissue boxes
- Aluminum cans
- Steel or tin cans
- Aluminum foil and formed containers
- Bottles and jars only that are brown, green or clear glass
- #1 Plastic: Soda, water and flavored beverage plastic bottles (clear and green)
- #2 Plastic: Laundry detergent containers, milk and water jugs
- Milk cartons
- Metal pots and pans
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check wheaton.il.us →
From wheaton.il.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Wheaton is in two districts that split the grades: Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Community Unit School District 200.
A−School 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.
Wheaton spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Wheaton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Wheaton | ZIP’s residents in Wheaton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60189 | Wheaton, IL | 51% | 91% |
| 60187 | Wheaton, IL | 48% | 86% |
A few homes fall in 60137.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Wheaton
Who supplies Wheaton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Wheaton water system (EPA ID IL0431050). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% 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 Wheaton?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Wheaton?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Wheaton?
60189 (51%), 60187 (48%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Wheaton in?
Glenbard Township High School District 87 and Community Unit School District 200. Parts of the city are in Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 and Glen Ellyn School District 41.
How do I register to vote in Wheaton?
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 DuPage County Clerk - Election Division. 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: Wheaton’s own website (wheaton.il.us), 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.