When will the power be back in Waukegan, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Waukegan is a city of about 88,570 residents in Lake County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Waukegan by name, so this page reports the Lake County county-wide view, which covers Waukegan. If a serving utility does name Waukegan during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Waukegan:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Waukegan: the closest other places we track are Gurnee, about 3 miles to the west; North Chicago, about 4 miles to the south; Libertyville, about 8 miles to the southwest; and Lake Forest, about 9 miles to the south. Also nearby: Mundelein (10 mi SW); Round Lake Beach (11 mi W); Highland Park (13 mi S); Deerfield (14 mi S); Buffalo Grove (15 mi S); Kenosha, WI (15 mi N); Northbrook (17 mi S); and Wheeling (17 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Racine, WI (25 mi); south toward Arlington Heights (20 mi); southwest toward Palatine (20 mi); west toward McHenry (22 mi); and northwest toward Burlington, WI (29 mi).
Who serves Waukegan?
We track live outage data from ComEd in Lake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Waukegan's last tracked outage began Oct 17, peaked at 37 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 17 — 37 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 15 — 53 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Oct 12 — 45 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 11 — 41 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
County context: across all of Lake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Lake County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Waukegan, IL?
To check your own street, search a Waukegan ZIP code — 60079, 60085 or 60087 — and the map opens on that area.
