Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Five Points Eviction Risk: High , North Chicago
Tract 17097863201 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,846 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 17097863201 covers part of the Five Points area of North Chicago, IL, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,846 residents. It sits 3.6 points above the Lake County average of 4.4.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units942
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$64,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Chicago and the region
Centroid at 42.3200, -87.8718 · click any tract to drill in
Why Five Points scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Chicago
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,174 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Chicago
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Chicago
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Chicago
7.6
How Five Points compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Five Points. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 27.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.2%Food insecurity
- 30.5%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 22.9%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Five Points
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. SNAP participation runs 30.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Against Lake County at 42.6%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Housing insecurity runs 27.0% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.6/10.
Average gross rent is $1,174, 18% below the North Chicago average. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.9 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097863201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863201?
Census tract 17097863201 in the Five Points neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 17097863201?
Median gross rent is $1,174/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097863201?
17.2% of residents in tract 17097863201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,846.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097863201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 86th, minority 90th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 17097863201 considered part of Five Points?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097863201 fall within Five Points (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17097863201 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.0% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17097863201 compare to North Chicago overall?
Tract 17097863201 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of North Chicago at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Chicago eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in North Chicago
Top eight tracts in North Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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8
/ 10 · High
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17097862800
8
/ 10 · High
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17097862901
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
17097862902
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Five Points
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
17097863003
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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