Forest Home Hills leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.
About 35% of adults in Forest Home Hills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Forest Home Hills, ~24% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~65% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Forest Home Hills compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Forest Home Hills leans more Democratic than 16 of 37 neighbors.
Forest Home Hills runs about 40 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and Forest Home Hills sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Forest Home Hills 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 Forest Home Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Forest Home Hills 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 54% of adults in Forest Home Hills have never been married, above 87% of neighborhoods. Forest Home Hills runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Forest Home Hills, Milwaukee, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Forest Home Hills looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Forest Home Hills 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 39%, about 27 points below the Wisconsin average of 66%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 51% of adults in Forest Home Hills report food insecurity, in the top fraction of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 55% of adults in Forest Home Hills have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Lincoln Village, Milwaukee, WI D+42
- Muskego Way, Milwaukee, WI D+40
- Layton Park, Milwaukee, WI D+31
- Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI D+43
- Polonia, Milwaukee, WI D+32
- Burnham Park, Milwaukee, WI D+36
- Clarke Square, Milwaukee, WI D+46
- Morgandale, Milwaukee, WI D+25
- Walker's Point, Milwaukee, WI D+49
- Silver City, Milwaukee, WI D+38
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Archer Limits, Chicago, IL D+36
- Downtown Corona, Corona, CA D+17
- Lansingville, Youngstown, OH D+40
- Rose Park, Missoula, MT D+59
- River Park, Port St. Lucie, FL R+19
- Lafayette Park, Detroit, MI D+75
- Mission Hills, Henderson, NV R+11
- Town Center, Woodinville, WA D+36
- Harbour Island, Tampa, FL R+4
- Menlo Park, Tucson, AZ D+46
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wisconsin Elections Commission, 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.