Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Yorkville, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Yorkville: Newark Community High School District 18 and Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. The nearest library is Yorkville Public Library, 1.3 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Yorkville, 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 Yorkville.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Yorkville. 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 Yorkville water system
The Yorkville water system supplies Yorkville: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 12% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 23,000 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–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 57% 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. IL0930250.
7 home internet providers serve Yorkville
100% of 7,000 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 87% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 77% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 94% | 400/40 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 70% | 100/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 69% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Yorkville
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Yorkville, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans, trays, and foil (trays and foil must be cleaned)
- Steel cans and tins
- Aseptic packaging and gable top containers (milk and juice cartons)
- Glass bottles and jars (clear, brown, green)
- HDPE milk, water and juice jugs (#2 clear plastic resin)
- HDPE detergent and fabric softener containers (#2 colored plastic resin)
- #7 plastic resin narrow-neck containers only
- Plastic buckets such as kitty litter containers (5-gallon size maximum)
- Cardboard (no waxed cardboard)
- Carrier stock (soda and beer can carrying cases)
- Chipboard (cereal, cake and food mix boxes, gift boxes, shoe boxes, etc.)
From yorkville.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.
Yorkville is in two districts that split the grades: Newark Community High School District 18 and Yorkville Community Unit School District 115.
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.
Yorkville is in ZIP code 60560
ZIP codes where Yorkville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Yorkville | ZIP’s residents in Yorkville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60560 | Yorkville, IL | 100% | 79% |
A few homes fall in 60506, 60512, 60545.
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 Yorkville
Who supplies Yorkville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Yorkville water system (EPA ID IL0930250). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Yorkville?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Yorkville?
Xfinity, AT&T, Metronet, Watch Communications, T-Mobile, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Yorkville?
60560. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Yorkville in?
Newark Community High School District 18 and Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. Parts of the city are in Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 and Plano Community Unit School District 88.
How do I register to vote in Yorkville?
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 Kendall 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: Yorkville’s own website (yorkville.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.