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The Woodstock handbook

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

The Woodstock water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), beginning Apr 2024. Trains stop in Woodstock.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Woodstock, 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 Woodstock.

Electricity

Power comes from Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Woodstock. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Woodstock water system

The Woodstock water system supplies almost all of Woodstock. It draws ground water and serves 25,630 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), beginning Apr 2024. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile7.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 7.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 95% 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. IL1110950.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Woodstock

100% of 7,730 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 51% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber86%5,000/5,000
i3 BroadbandFiber42%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless73%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless66%100/20
E-vergentFixed wireless22%60/10

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

Trash & recycling

In Woodstock, you hire your own trash hauler

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Woodstock, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereHire your ownNo town pickup: you hire a private hauler; your hauler sets the daywoodstockil.gov
What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekEach household gets 1 free bulk item pickup per week. Additional bulk items require 5 stickers each. No call-ahead needed; hazardous materials, electronics-type appliances and construction debris not accepted.
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagewoodstockil.gov →

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check woodstockil.gov →

From woodstockil.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Woodstock kids go to
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Woodstock is in Woodstock 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Woodstock is in ZIP code 60098

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of WoodstockZIP’s residents in Woodstock
60098Woodstock, IL100%77%

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.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Woodstock

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

The Woodstock water system (EPA ID IL1110950). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule). 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 7.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Woodstock?

Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Woodstock?

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

What ZIP codes are in Woodstock?

60098. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Woodstock in?

Woodstock Community Unit School District 200.

How do I register to vote in Woodstock?

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 McHenry 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: Woodstock’s own website (woodstockil.gov), 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.