Elmwood Place, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Elmwood Place

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Elmwood Place leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.

 

About 42% of adults in Elmwood Place typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Elmwood Place, ~22% vote Democratic, ~20% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Elmwood Place compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Elmwood Place leans more Democratic than 118 of 143 neighbors.

Elmwood Place runs about 18 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Elmwood Place is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Elmwood Place. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+20) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (Even), a spread of about 21 points.

Why Elmwood Place 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 Elmwood Place, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Elmwood Place live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 43% of adults in Elmwood Place have never been married, above 95% of cities. Elmwood Place runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Elmwood Place, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Elmwood Place looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Elmwood Place is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 40%, about 21 points below the Ohio average of 61%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 60% of households in Elmwood Place rent, compared to around 35% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 36% of adults in Elmwood Place report food insecurity, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio 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.