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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Savannah Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13051010502 · Chatham County, GA · pop 4,130 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Savannah

Tract 13051010502 sits in Savannah eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 4,130. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 18% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,600
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate29.9%
Median income$41,498

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 53 tracts In Savannah
High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 87 tracts In Chatham County
High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#398 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 32.0290, -81.1671 · click any tract to drill in

Why Savannah scores 5.4

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
29.9% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,350 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Savannah compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Savannah risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0105024.0Savannahparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

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)

  • 175Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 24.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.9%Peak (2011)
  • 175Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Savannah

Against Chatham County at 46.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $41,498, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 34.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

Housing insecurity runs 26.6% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Chatham County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 175 filings here across 1 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 24.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 24.9% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13051010502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051010502?

Census tract 13051010502 in Savannah scores 5.4/10 (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 13051010502?

Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051010502?

29.9% of residents in tract 13051010502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,130.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051010502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 73th, minority 87th, housing 75th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051010502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 175 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051010502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.93% of renter households, peaking at 24.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13051010502 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.6% 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. 19.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13051010502 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051010502 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Savannah at 4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Savannah

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

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