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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally

Spring Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Tract 13051003501 · Chatham County, GA · pop 2,327 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 13051003501 sits in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Savannah eviction risk, Georgia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,024 a month while the average household earns $45,134 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 30% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,228
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$45,134

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Spring Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 53 tracts In Savannah
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 87 tracts In Chatham County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#567 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 32.0348, -81.0841 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spring Hill scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Savannah
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Savannah
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Savannah
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Savannah
3.5

How Spring Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spring Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 003501Savannah: 3.23.2Savannahparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 162Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 20.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.9%Peak (2011)
  • 162Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spring Hill

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Savannah 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 Chatham County average of 5.6 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 13051003501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051003501?

Census tract 13051003501 in the Spring Hill 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 13051003501?

Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051003501?

21.7% of residents in tract 13051003501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,327.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051003501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 65th, minority 75th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 13051003501 considered part of Spring Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051003501 fall within Spring Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051003501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 162 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051003501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.93% of renter households, peaking at 20.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13051003501 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.5% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13051003501 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051003501 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Savannah at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Savannah eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 13051003501 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Savannah

Top eight tracts in Savannah ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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