Echo Highlands is a Democratic stronghold. About 88% of voters here vote Democratic and 12% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Echo Highlands typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Echo Highlands, ~64% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Echo Highlands compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Echo Highlands is the most Democratic-leaning.
Echo Highlands runs about 107 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Echo Highlands is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Echo Highlands. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+84) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+25), a spread of about 59 points.
Why Echo Highlands 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 Echo Highlands, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 88% of residents in Echo Highlands are Black or African American, about 65 points above the Alabama average of 24%. Echo Highlands runs against the grain of Alabama, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL sits in the bottom quarter 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 Echo Highlands looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Echo Highlands is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 52%, about 8 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Roebuck, Birmingham, AL D+70
- Spring Lake, Birmingham, AL D+68
- Apple Valley, Birmingham, AL D+71
- Huffman, Birmingham, AL D+62
- South East Lake, Birmingham, AL D+71
- Crestline, Birmingham, AL Even
- Forest Park, Birmingham, AL D+28
- Norwood, Birmingham, AL D+74
- Highland Park, Birmingham, AL D+36
- Southside, Birmingham, AL D+42
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Mount Vernon, San Bernardino, CA D+37
- Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills, MI R+4
- White Grove, Fort Mill, SC R+20
- Duveneck-Saint Francis, Palo Alto, CA D+44
- Millbrooke Ranch, Pinellas Park, FL R+11
- Riverside Heights, Tampa, FL D+21
- Apple Creek, San Antonio, TX D+26
- Accent, Des Moines, IA D+9
- Highlands Douglass, Louisville, KY D+57
- Germantown, Nashville, TN D+36
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, 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.