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The Chagrin Falls handbook

Living in Chagrin Falls, OH: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Chagrin Falls comes from Chagrin Falls Village PWS, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Most homes in Chagrin Falls have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Chagrin Falls, 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 Chagrin Falls.

Electricity

Power comes from The Illuminating Company

The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chagrin Falls. Its homes paid an average of 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $103 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 80% of The Illuminating Company’s home customers do, and The Illuminating Company 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 Chagrin Falls Village PWS

Chagrin Falls Village PWS supplies almost all of Chagrin Falls. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Cleveland Water as seller) and serves 4,991 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH1800212.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Chagrin Falls

99% of 1,582 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 16% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
AT&TFixed wireless, Fiber, DSL68%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless83%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless18%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Chagrin Falls depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerDumpster Bandit, LLC picks up at the curb for every homechagrinfallsoh.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

  • TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
  • RecyclingEvery week, same day as trash
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsPlaced on the curb on the scheduled pickup day; large items cut into 4' sections; mattresses and upholstered items wrapped in plastic

From chagrinfallsoh.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.

Chagrin Falls kids go to
PK–3Gurney Elementary SchoolChagrin Falls Exempted Village School District
7–8Chagrin Falls Middle SchoolChagrin Falls Exempted Village School District
9–12Chagrin Falls High SchoolChagrin Falls Exempted Village School District

Chagrin Falls is in Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District.

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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Chagrin Falls is in ZIP code 44022

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Chagrin FallsZIP’s residents in Chagrin Falls
44022Chagrin Falls, OH100%24%

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.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Chagrin Falls

Who supplies Chagrin Falls’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

Chagrin Falls Village PWS (EPA ID OH1800212). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Chagrin Falls?

The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Chagrin Falls?

Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Chagrin Falls?

44022. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Chagrin Falls in?

Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District.

How do I register to vote in Chagrin Falls?

In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.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: Chagrin Falls’ own website (chagrinfallsoh.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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.