Greenfield is a Democratic stronghold. About 93% of voters here vote Democratic and 7% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Greenfield typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greenfield, ~62% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Greenfield compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Greenfield leans more Democratic than 14 of 31 neighbors.
Greenfield runs about 88 points more Democratic than Michigan as a whole. Michigan is roughly evenly split, and Greenfield sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Greenfield 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 Greenfield, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Greenfield is about 2%, about 71 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 61% of adults in Greenfield have never been married, above 93% of neighborhoods. Greenfield runs against the grain of Michigan, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Greenfield, Detroit, MI sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Greenfield looks the way it does
Turnout in Greenfield sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- O Hair Park, Detroit, MI D+87
- Winship, Detroit, MI D+88
- Crary-St Marys, Detroit, MI D+87
- Evergreen, Detroit, MI D+87
- North Rosedale Park, Detroit, MI D+86
- Downtown Southfield, Southfield, MI D+87
- Pembroke, Detroit, MI D+89
- Belmont, Detroit, MI D+87
- Grandmont-Rosedale, Detroit, MI D+87
- Rosedale Park, Detroit, MI D+88
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT D+64
- Mt Pleasant, Cleveland, OH D+87
- Northwest Nashua, Nashua, NH D+23
- Love Field Area, Dallas, TX D+36
- Midtown, Houston, TX D+42
- Lee-Miles, Cleveland, OH D+88
- Brooklyn-Curtis Bay, Brooklyn, MD D+37
- Ballard, Seattle, WA D+73
- City Center, Glendale, CA D+18
- Green Haven, Pasadena, MD R+13
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Michigan Department 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.