Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Five Points Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031520500 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 5,171 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 17031520500 belongs to Five Points in Chicago, Illinois. It is home to 5,171 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,668 a month while the average household earns $84,563 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%Stable renters 17%Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,545
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$84,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Five Points
Moderate
Within parent city
41th percentile
#468 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
59th percentile
#546 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
75th percentile
#824 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.6931, -87.5309 · click any tract to drill in
Why Five Points scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,668 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
6.5
How Five Points compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
62%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
28%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
45%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
32Total filings over 12 yrs
1.21%Avg annual filing rate
2.6%Peak (2010)
5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
21.2%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
26.2%Food insecurity
19.0%SNAP enrollment
11.2%Transit barriers
23.0%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Five Points
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031520500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031520500?
Census tract 17031520500 in the Five Points neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17031520500?
Median gross rent is $1,668/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031520500?
13.3% of residents in tract 17031520500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,171.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031520500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 71th, minority 86th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 17031520500 considered part of Five Points?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031520500 fall within Five Points (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031520500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 17031520500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.21% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031520500 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.2% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031520500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031520500 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Chicago at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031520500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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