Greatwood, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Greatwood

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

Greatwood leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.

 

About 92% of adults in Greatwood typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greatwood, ~37% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Greatwood compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Greatwood leans more Republican than 35 of 55 neighbors.

Greatwood runs about 6 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

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

Greatwood votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 81%, far above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Greatwood are family households, above 95% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Greatwood, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Greatwood looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Greatwood 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Greatwood own their home, compared to around 77% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Greatwood have completed high school, above 95% 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 Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division, 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.