Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Avon Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Tract 13051003601 · Chatham County, GA · pop 3,933 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 13051003601 in the Avon Park area of Savannah, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,933 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 25% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units1,441

Renter share57.9%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate21.9%

Median income$48,196

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 32.0619, -81.0483 · click any tract to drill in

Why Avon Park 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

21.9% poverty · this tract

5.5

Supply constraint

$1,128 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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 Avon Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

83%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
36%Housing & transportation

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)

302Total filings over 1 yrs
44.81%Avg annual filing rate
44.8%Peak (2011)
302Filings 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.

22.3%Housing insecurity
15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
26.8%Food insecurity
24.2%SNAP enrollment
14.1%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
32.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Avon Park

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Against Chatham County at 46.6%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

Against the Chatham County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

At $1,128 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Savannah commands. Food insecurity runs 26.8% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 24.2% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 302 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 44.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 44.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13051003601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051003601?

Census tract 13051003601 in the Avon Park neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 13051003601?

Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051003601?

21.9% of residents in tract 13051003601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,933.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051003601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 66th, minority 82th, housing 36th.

Is tract 13051003601 considered part of Avon Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051003601 fall within Avon Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051003601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 302 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051003601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 44.81% of renter households, peaking at 44.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13051003601 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.3% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13051003601 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051003601 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org