Savannah, GA housing supply, ownership, and rent

The local figures answer the first question: Savannah, GA's current ACS housing baseline includes 68,174 total housing units, 58,192 occupied units, and 9,982 vacant units. For the decision at hand, those counts can still help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 9,982 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. In practical terms, reading 68,174 total units with 58,192 occupied and 9,982 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.

A grounded Savannah, GA comparison starts with current listings and lease offers, then uses the ACS evidence to check whether the sample is being interpreted in the context of 68,174 total units, a vacancy share of 14.6%, and an owner share of 45.4%. For renting, replace the $1,382 median with the actual lease, utilities, deposits, and expected changes. For ownership, keep the 45.4% share as market context while adding the selected property's price, taxes, insurance, maintenance, association obligations, loan disclosures, and cash-to-close. The resulting worksheet will not turn 54.6% or 45.4% into a recommendation, but it will keep the two paths comparable and make the remaining assumptions visible before a decision.