Fairhill, Philadelphia, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fairhill

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

Fairhill is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.

 

About 58% of adults in Fairhill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fairhill, ~46% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fairhill compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Fairhill leans more Democratic than 15 of 48 neighbors.

Fairhill runs about 61 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Fairhill sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Fairhill. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+72) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+52), a spread of about 19 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Fairhill 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 53% of adults in Fairhill have never been married, above 86% of neighborhoods. Fairhill runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Fairhill, Philadelphia, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Fairhill looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fairhill 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 34%, about 30 points below the Pennsylvania average of 64%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Fairhill have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Fairhill sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 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.