8 census tracts · pop 13,560 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.1/10
· range 7.9–8.1
Fifth City takes in 8 census tracts of Chicago, IL and houses 13,560 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.1/10, in the High tier. Against a Chicago baseline of 29.3%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
29.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The severe-burden share is 35%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
SNAP participation is 55.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 43%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
This is a renter market: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 8.5/10.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,107, 23% below the Chicago average of $1,440.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Court records carry 3,879 eviction filings across its 8 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 13.5% of renter households.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.1
High
8 tracts · population-weighted
Fifth City vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fifth City
Aggregated across 8 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,879Total filings (sum)
6.97%Avg annual filing rate
13.5%Peak year (2014)
6.36%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fifth City
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
39.5%Housing insecurity
30.4%Utility shutoff threat
51.2%Food insecurity
57.1%SNAP enrollment
16.2%No health insurance
40.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fifth City
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fifth City?
Fifth City scores 8.1/10 (High tier) across 8 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fifth City compare to Chicago overall?
Fifth City scores 1.4 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,107 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fifth City?
Average gross rent in Fifth City is $1,107/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fifth City residents are renters?
77% of Fifth City households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 13,560 residents.
Q5
Is Fifth City a high social-vulnerability area?
Fifth City sits in the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fifth City have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fifth City is census tract 17031836800 (score 8.1/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.9 to 8.1, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Fifth City for landlords?
Fifth City carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.1/10). Pop-weighted across 8 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fifth City?
Fifth City has 14,050 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (88%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.7%), Hispanic / Latino (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
