Photo: Crosbiesmith · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Willow Springs, IL: what to set up and who to call
Willow Springs spans 2 ZIP codes; 60480 holds the most residents (90%). Trains stop in Willow Springs.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Willow Springs, 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 Willow Springs.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Willow Springs. 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 Burr Ridge water system
The Burr Ridge water system supplies Willow Springs: about 52% of residents live in its service area. Justice-Willow Springs Water Commission serves another 38%. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Bedford Park as seller) and serves 11,192 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.3 ppb. That’s higher than 62% 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. IL0434190.
4 home internet providers serve Willow Springs
100% of 2,069 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 25% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 92% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Willow Springs: every week
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Willow Springs, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check willowsprings-il.gov →
From willowsprings-il.gov, the town’s official site; lrsrecycles.com, which willowsprings-il.gov links to for trash, 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.
Most of Willow Springs (55%) is in Willow Springs School District 108; parts are in Argo Community High School District 217 (38%) and Lyons Township High School District 204 (35%) and Pleasantdale School District 107 (31%) and Consolidated High School District 230 (17%) and Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A (11%) and Lemont Township High School District 210 (11%) and LaGrange School District 105 (4%).
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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Willow Springs spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Willow Springs residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Willow Springs | ZIP’s residents in Willow Springs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60480 | Willow Springs, IL | 90% | 100% |
| 60525 | La Grange, IL | 9% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 60527.
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 Willow Springs
Who supplies Willow Springs’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Burr Ridge water system (EPA ID IL0434190). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Willow Springs?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Willow Springs?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Willow Springs?
60480 (90%), 60525 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Willow Springs in?
Willow Springs School District 108. Parts of the city are in Argo Community High School District 217 and Lyons Township High School District 204 and Pleasantdale School District 107 and Consolidated High School District 230 and Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A and Lemont Township High School District 210 and LaGrange School District 105.
How do I register to vote in Willow Springs?
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 Cook 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: Willow Springs’ own website (willowsprings-il.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (lrsrecycles.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.