3 census tracts · pop 16,297 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10
· range 3.6–5.4
Windward spans 3 census tracts of Savannah, GA, population 16,297. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.3/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 49% against 33.4% citywide, putting Windward 15.2% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Scores across the 3 constituent tracts range from 3.6 to 5.4. A 1.8-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.9/10.
Filings are well documented here: 496 across 3 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 16.1% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,280, 7% below the Savannah average of $1,382. Among the 21 mapped neighborhoods of Savannah, it ranks #15 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 3.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Fleetwood and White Bluff score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $64,236.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Windward vs SavannahHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Windward
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
496Total filings (sum)
13.90%Avg annual filing rate
16.1%Peak year (2011)
13.90%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Windward
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.6%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility shutoff threat
16.9%Food insecurity
13.2%SNAP enrollment
12.0%No health insurance
28.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Windward
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Windward?
Windward scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Windward compare to Savannah overall?
Windward scores 0.3 points higher than Savannah overall (4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,280 vs $1,382.
Q3
What is the average rent in Windward?
Average gross rent in Windward is $1,280/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Windward residents are renters?
53% of Windward households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Savannah). The neighborhood has 16,297 residents.
Q5
Is Windward a high social-vulnerability area?
Windward sits in the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Windward have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Windward is census tract 13051010901 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.6 to 5.4, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Windward for landlords?
Windward carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Savannah as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Windward?
Windward has 15,796 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (39.6%), Hispanic / Latino (8.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
