Carver Heights, Savannah: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the City of Savannah’s neighborhood boundaries and neighborhood association list on SAGIS, the school system’s address lookup, the state’s 2025 School Grades data, Chatham County’s 2025 parcel digest, the SAGIS parks layer, the National Park Service, Zillow Research, Chatham Area Transit and OpenStreetMap.

Carver Heights is a west side neighborhood made up mostly of homes, about 0.73 square miles on the city’s map, between Louisville Road on the north and I-16 to the south. It takes in Carver Village, which OpenStreetMap names as a place, and the Brickyard area. Of its 1,395 parcels in the county’s 2025 records, 1,218 are homes.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Groves High, for every home we checked. Confirm an address in the district’s lookup.
• Home value: $143,468 in ZIP 31415 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-16 exit 165, about 0.4 miles from the middle of the neighborhood in a straight line.

Part of our Savannah neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

Louisville Road runs along the north side and Stiles Avenue along the east, going by the parcels on each street in the county’s records; West Gwinnett Street crosses the middle. The streets with the most homes are Lynah, Googe, Cubbedge, Crosby, Carter, Carver, Wexler, Porter and Cornwall streets.

• ZIP code: 31415 for every home.
• Inside city limits: yes; the city provides police, fire and trash service.
• Neighborhood associations: the city’s list names the Historic Carver Village Neighborhood Association and the Brickyard Neighborhood Association inside the area, and shows no active association for the rest of Carver Heights.
• Historic district: the Carver Village Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places, reference number 100003340.

Homes

• Half of the 1,218 residential parcels list a year built of 1952 or earlier.
• 12% were built before 1940, and nine in 10 by 1970.
• 4% date from 2000 or later.

Schools

We ran 80 homes chosen at random from the county’s parcel records through the school system’s address lookup on Oct. 6. Scores are 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) figures from the state’s School Grades report.

The homes zoned for Mercer Middle were at the north end, around Cornwall, Barton and Fruit streets. In the state’s data, Groves High and Mercer Middle share one campus address. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 31415 was $143,468 in August 2026, down 12.06% from $163,152 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. That was the steepest drop of any Savannah ZIP code in Zillow’s data. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and 31415 covers more of the west side than Carver Heights. The citywide figure was $322,239. More in our home prices guide.

Parks

From the SAGIS parks layer:

• Kennedy Park at Carver Heights, 990 Collat Ave., about 4.3 acres
• Carver Village Park, 1000 Bowden St., just under an acre

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-16 exit 165, signed for 37th Street in OpenStreetMap, is about 0.4 miles from the middle of the neighborhood in a straight line. I-516 exit 6, Gwinnett Street, is about 0.9 miles west.
• City Hall: about 2.5 miles by road to 2 E. Bay St.
• Airport: about 11 miles by road to the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport terminal. Both are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• CAT buses: routes 3 (West Chatham), 3B (Augusta Avenue), 7D-C (Cloverdale/Carver Village) and 17 (Silk Hope) stop in or next to the neighborhood, according to Chatham Area Transit’s stop data. Times are on CAT’s schedules page.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap shows no supermarket or pharmacy inside the neighborhood or within a mile of it. The nearest, about 1.6 miles from the middle in a straight line:

• Kroger, 311 E. Gwinnett St.
• CVS Pharmacy, 119 Bull St.

How we drew this area

The edges are the City of Savannah’s boundary for its Carver Heights neighborhood, from the layer its Development Services Department keeps on SAGIS. School shares come from 80 randomly chosen homes run through the district’s lookup on Oct. 6, 2026; the lookup and the school system decide any one address. Home counts and years built are from the county’s 2025 parcel digest. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Carver Heights a good place to live in Savannah?

Here are the facts. Carver Heights is a city neighborhood of 1,218 homes west of downtown in ZIP 31415, with Kennedy Park and Carver Village Park. Every home we checked was zoned for Groves High (2025 CCRPI 52.6), most for Gadsden Elementary (68.9), and Zillow put the typical value in 31415 at $143,468 in August 2026.

Where is Carver Village in Savannah?

Inside the city’s Carver Heights neighborhood on the west side. OpenStreetMap places Carver Village there, and the city’s list of neighborhood associations includes the Historic Carver Village Neighborhood Association. The Carver Village Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.

What high school is Carver Heights zoned for?

Groves High, for all 80 homes we ran through the district’s address lookup on Oct. 6, 2026. Most were zoned for DeRenne Middle and Gadsden Elementary.

When were the homes in Carver Heights built?

Mostly from the 1930s to 1970. In Chatham County’s 2025 parcel records, half the homes list a year built of 1952 or earlier, 12% predate 1940 and 4% date from 2000 or later.