Port Wentworth vs Savannah

A side-by-side comparison of Port Wentworth and Savannah: population, income, housing, and more.

Port Wentworth and Savannah are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Savannah has the higher population (147,546 vs 11,997 in Port Wentworth). Port Wentworth has the higher median household income ($78,861 vs $56,782 in Savannah). Savannah has the higher median home value ($225,200 vs $204,900 in Port Wentworth).

Population, income & housing

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
Population	11,997	147,546
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,861	$56,782
Median home value	$204,900	$225,200
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,302
Housing units	4,854	68,153
Homeownership rate	66.0%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
Population	8,463 → 11,997 (+41.8%)	145,403 → 147,546 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$79,327 → $78,861 (-0.6%)	$43,307 → $56,782 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $204,900 (+27.5%)	$156,500 → $225,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,310 → $1,648 (+25.8%)	$1,019 → $1,302 (+27.8%)

Port Wentworth

Population

8,46311,997

Median household income

$79,327$78,861

Median home value

$160,700$204,900

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,648

Savannah

Population

145,403147,546

Median household income

$43,307$56,782

Median home value

$156,500$225,200

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	18.2%
35 to 44	19.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.1%
75 and over	4.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	35.5%
Black or African American	48.3%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	1.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
Drove alone	80.5%	70.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
1-unit, detached	68.1%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	14.2%
20 or more units	7.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Port Wentworth	Savannah
Poverty rate	9.8%	19.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	2005	1971