Gordonston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,111, 20% below the Savannah average.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Chatham County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Court records carry 315 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Food insecurity runs 25.4% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 22.3% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2011 at 27.1% of renter households.

This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Savannah. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

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