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White Bluff Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Tract 13051004210 · Chatham County, GA · pop 4,908 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 13051004210 in the White Bluff area of Savannah, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 36% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,202
Renter share68.0%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$48,996

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In White Bluff
High
Within parent city
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 53 tracts In Savannah
Moderate
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 87 tracts In Chatham County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#754 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 31.9912, -81.1173 · click any tract to drill in

Why White Bluff scores 4.9

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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,158 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 White Bluff compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
White Bluff risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0042104.0Savannahparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

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)

  • 386Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 32.25%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.3%Peak (2011)
  • 386Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within White Bluff. 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 White Bluff

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,158, 16% below the Savannah average.

The filing record is not thin: 386 evictions over 1 years of observation. Against the Chatham County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2011, when 32.3% of renter households were served.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In a typical year about 32.3% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13051004210

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051004210?

Census tract 13051004210 in the White Bluff neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 13051004210?

Median gross rent is $1,158/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051004210?

16.5% of residents in tract 13051004210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,908.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051004210?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 51th, minority 80th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 13051004210 considered part of White Bluff?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051004210 fall within White Bluff (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051004210?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 386 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051004210 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.25% of renter households, peaking at 32.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13051004210 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13051004210 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051004210 scores 4.9/10, 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.

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