Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Gordonston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah
Tract 13051003700 · Chatham County, GA · pop 2,245 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
For landlords sizing up the Gordonston area of Savannah, census tract 13051003700 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #32,266 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,157 a month against an average household income of $45,750 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units789
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$45,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Savannah and the region
Centroid at 32.0656, -81.0661 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gordonston scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,157 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 49Total filings over 1 yrs
- 13.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.6%Peak (2011)
- 49Filings 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.
- 21.4%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 22.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gordonston
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13051003700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051003700?
Census tract 13051003700 in the Gordonston neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 13051003700?
Median gross rent is $1,157/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13051003700?
14.1% of residents in tract 13051003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,245.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13051003700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 27th, minority 81th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 13051003700 considered part of Gordonston?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051003700 fall within Gordonston (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051003700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051003700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.61% of renter households, peaking at 13.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13051003700 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.4% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13051003700 compare to Savannah overall?
Tract 13051003700 scores 4.5/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 13051003700 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.
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