Five Points leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Five Points typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Five Points, ~27% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Five Points compares
Five Points runs about 31 points more Democratic than Illinois as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Five Points. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+66) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+27), a spread of about 39 points.
Why Five Points leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Five Points, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 64% of adults in Five Points have never been married, well above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 35%).
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Five Points, Great Lakes, IL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Five Points looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 92% of households in Five Points rent, about 67 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Orchard Meadows, Mundelein, IL D+15
- Woodlands at Fiore, Buffalo Grove, IL D+26
- Winston Park, Palatine, IL D+18
- Isetts, Kenosha, WI D+9
- Scarsdale, Arlington Heights, IL D+25
- Gross Point, Wilmette, IL D+47
- Lance, Kenosha, WI D+7
- Central Street Merchant District, Evanston, IL D+77
- White Caps, Kenosha, WI D+4
- Downtown, Kenosha, WI D+37
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Lyons Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek, FL D+6
- Mission Hills, Pittsburgh, PA D+37
- North Kensington, Kensington, MD D+58
- View Ridge, Seattle, WA D+70
- Marrowbone, Nashville, TN D+41
- Uptown, New Orleans, LA D+46
- Southeast Erie, Erie, PA D+20
- Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA D+55
- Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO D+76
- Kettering-Butzel, Detroit, MI D+87
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.