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Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Savannah

Tract 13051011300 · Chatham County, GA · pop 2,114 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 13051011300 runs through the Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District area of Savannah. With 2,114 residents, it scores 6.4/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,393 a month while the average household earns $29,565 a year, roughly 57% of income at the averages. Renters make up 82% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 35% Owners 18%

Tract context

Occupied units976

Renter share82.3%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate45.7%

Median income$29,565

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Savannah and the region

Centroid at 32.0622, -81.0982 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District scores 5.9

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

45.7% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,393 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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 Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

86%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
80%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
7%Grade B
89%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)

71Total filings over 1 yrs
8.26%Avg annual filing rate
8.3%Peak (2011)
71Filings in 2011 (latest validated)

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District. 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.

19.7%Housing insecurity
15.2%Utility-shutoff threat
26.7%Food insecurity
25.2%SNAP enrollment
15.9%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
22.3%Frequent mental distress
33.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 13051011300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051011300?

Census tract 13051011300 in the Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13051011300?

Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051011300?

45.7% of residents in tract 13051011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,114.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051011300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 21th, minority 54th, housing 80th.

Is tract 13051011300 considered part of Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13051011300 fall within Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051011300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.26% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13051011300 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.7% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13051011300 compare to Savannah overall?

Tract 13051011300 scores 5.9/10, 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 13051011300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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