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Gordonston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Tract 13051002200 · Chatham County, GA · pop 4,229 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 13051002200 belongs to Gordonston in Savannah, Georgia. It is home to 4,229 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 62nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,111 monthly, set against $52,793 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 35% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share65.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$52,793

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Gordonston
Very High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 53 tracts In Savannah
Moderate
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 87 tracts In Chatham County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#729 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 32.0524, -81.0708 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gordonston scores 4.8

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
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Gordonston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gordonston risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 002200Savannah: 3.23.2Savannahparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 315Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 27.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 27.1%Peak (2011)
  • 315Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Gordonston. 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 Gordonston

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.6/10. 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.

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

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 77th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13051002200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051002200?

Census tract 13051002200 in the Gordonston neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 13051002200?

Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051002200?

18.5% of residents in tract 13051002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,229.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 87th, minority 81th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 13051002200 considered part of Gordonston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051002200 fall within Gordonston (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051002200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 315 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.06% of renter households, peaking at 27.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13051002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.3% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13051002200 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051002200 scores 4.8/10, 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 13051002200 historically redlined?

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