West DePaul Eviction Risk: Moderate

Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.4/10. The voucher gap is 23.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 30% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Disability prevalence reaches 14.4% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

Severe burden reaches 12%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Court records carry 264 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

3.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 3.2% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.6% in 2015, is well off that peak.

That places it #168 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago.

With little internal variation, 5.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.