Dyker Heights leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Dyker Heights typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dyker Heights, ~17% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dyker Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Dyker Heights leans more Republican than 24 of 31 neighbors.
Dyker Heights runs about 32 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Dyker Heights is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Dyker Heights. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+31) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+13), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Dyker Heights leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Dyker Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dyker Heights votes Republican even though it is densely developed (more than 99%, far above the New York average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Dyker Heights are family households, above 79% of neighborhoods. Dyker Heights runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Dyker Heights looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 12% of homes in Dyker Heights have more than one occupant per room, above 94% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Bay Ridge-Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY D+9
- Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY R+22
- Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY D+13
- Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY R+33
- Greenwood, Brooklyn, NY D+62
- Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, NY D+69
- Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn, NY D+4
- Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY R+29
- Rosebank, Staten Island, NY R+12
- Shore Acres, Staten Island, NY R+16
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Greater Memorial, Houston, TX R+14
- Auburndale, Queens, NY R+2
- Woodhaven, Queens, NY D+9
- South Dorchester, Boston, MA D+57
- Capitol Hill, Washington, DC D+77
- Fenway-Kenmore, Boston, MA D+67
- Richmond, Philadelphia, PA D+24
- Carmel Valley, San Diego, CA D+29
- Mission, San Francisco, CA D+72
- New Brighton, Staten Island, NY D+36
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board 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.