Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Avondale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Tract 13051003602 · Chatham County, GA · pop 4,726 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 13051003602 covers the Avondale area of Savannah in Georgia. Home to 4,726 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.

About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,208 a month while the average household earns $43,485 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 17% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,992

Renter share46.5%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate25.0%

Median income$43,485

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 32.0485, -81.0568 · click any tract to drill in

Why Avondale scores 5.5

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

25.0% poverty · this tract

6.3

Supply constraint

$1,208 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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 Avondale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

94%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
22%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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)

181Total filings over 1 yrs
20.27%Avg annual filing rate
20.3%Peak (2011)
181Filings 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.

20.9%Housing insecurity
14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
25.6%Food insecurity
22.9%SNAP enrollment
13.6%Transit barriers
14.2%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
33.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Avondale

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.3/10. 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 above the Chatham County average of 5.6 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 181 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 20.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.3% of renter households in 2011.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13051003602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051003602?

Census tract 13051003602 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 13051003602?

Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051003602?

25.0% of residents in tract 13051003602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,726.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051003602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 57th, minority 77th, housing 22th.

Is tract 13051003602 considered part of Avondale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051003602 fall within Avondale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051003602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051003602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.27% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13051003602 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13051003602 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051003602 scores 5.5/10, 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.

Was tract 13051003602 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.

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