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Savannah city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Savannah city is a Census city of 147,898 people across 109.44 square miles of land, in Chatham County. Median household income is $57,137, 45.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 247 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $197.6 m.
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Savannah
What Savannah is
- Census place typecity
- Land area109.44 sq mi
- Water area4.79 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,351
- County holding the largest share of its areaChatham County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Savannah
How many people live in Savannah
- Population147,898
- Median age34.0
- Population under 1830,136
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over21,137
- Share 65 and over14.3 percent
- Households58,192
- Family households30,791
- Share of households that are families52.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Savannah
Income and work in Savannah
- Median household income$57,137
- Per capita income$33,007
- Civilian labor force74,641
- Employed69,245
- Unemployed5,396
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over97,309
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Savannah
Housing in Savannah
- Housing units68,174
- Occupied units58,192
- Vacant units9,982
- Vacancy rate14.6 percent
- Owner occupied26,392
- Renter occupied31,800
- Ownership rate45.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$248,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,382
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.0 percent
- Single family units41,833
- Share single family61.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more25,492
- Share in buildings of two or more37.4 percent
- Mobile homes849 plus or minus 237
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Savannah
How Savannah gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute61,393
- Commuting under 15 minutes20,557
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more14,388
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.4 percent
- Drove alone69.7 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked3.4 percent
- Worked from home11.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Savannah
SBA 7(a) lending to Savannah borrowers
- Approvals247
- Gross approval$197,607,000
- Average approval$800,028
- Median approval$332,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,495,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported3,070
- Jobs per approval12.4
- Loans with a final outcome51
- Paid in full47
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.5 percent
- Share to franchises23.5 percent
- Distinct lenders75
- Distinct industries by NAICS107
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Savannah
SBA 504 lending to Savannah borrowers
- Approvals101
- Gross approval$106,678,000
- Average approval$1,056,218
- Median approval$825,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,612
- Loans with a final outcome34
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs8
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Savannah
Flood programme status in Savannah
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 5
- NFIP community number135163
- Currently effective map date11/13/26(>)
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Chatham County, not Savannah
Chatham County context, not Savannah figures
These are Chatham County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Savannah measurements.
- Establishments in Chatham County9,037
- Employment at those establishments, Chatham County153,824
- Covered employment, Chatham County170,836
- Average annual pay, Chatham County$61,834
- Average weekly wage, Chatham County$1,189
- Housing units permitted, Chatham County2,691
- Of those, single family, Chatham County1,704
- County product, 2024, Chatham County$28,462,557,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chatham County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chatham County$70,122
Every figure in this section is published for Chatham County as a whole and is not a measurement of Savannah. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Savannah questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Savannah, Georgia?
147,898, in 58,192 households. Savannah city covers 109.44 square miles of land, which is 1,351 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Savannah in?
Chatham County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Savannah?
$57,137. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $248,900. Median gross rent is $1,382 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Savannah businesses?
247 7(a) approvals totalling $197.6 m, across 75 lenders, median approval $332,500, plus 101 504 approvals worth $106.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Savannah, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Savannah borrowers get paid back?
Of the 51 loans that have reached a final outcome, 47 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Savannah in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Savannah appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 135163, carrying Community Rating System class 5, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Savannah figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chatham County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Savannah.
Is zoning published for Savannah?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.