Austin is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Austin typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Austin, ~12% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Austin compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Austin leans more Republican than 49 of 51 neighbors.
Austin runs about 65 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Austin leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Austin, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Austin, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Pennsylvania average of 26%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Austin sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Austin, PA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Austin looks the way it does
Turnout in Austin sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Costello, PA R+64
- Odin, PA R+67
- Wharton, PA R+64
- Inez, PA R+61
- Sizerville, PA R+55
- Gardeau, PA R+57
- Mina, PA R+56
- Wrights, PA R+61
- Sweden Valley, PA R+58
- Conrad, PA R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Powers Lake, ND R+78
- Chatham, MI R+15
- Ingalls, KS R+79
- Alta, CA R+36
- Rural Ridge, PA R+6
- Cowanesque, PA R+49
- Scipio Center, NY R+33
- Dodds, OH R+57
- Dumont, CO D+5
- Meyers Lake, OH R+5
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.