Heart of the City is a Democratic stronghold. About 76% of voters here vote Democratic and 24% Republican.
About 34% of adults in Heart of the City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Heart of the City, ~26% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Heart of the City compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Heart of the City leans more Democratic than 1 of 4 neighbors.
Heart of the City runs about 67 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Heart of the City is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Heart of the City. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+70) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+32), a spread of about 38 points.
Why Heart of the City 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 Heart of the City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Heart of the City live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Heart of the City runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Heart of the City, Beaumont, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Heart of the City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Heart of the City 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 43%, about 11 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 68% of adults in Heart of the City have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Pear Orchard, Beaumont, TX D+83
- South Park, Beaumont, TX D+64
- Old Town, Beaumont, TX D+32
- North End, Beaumont, TX D+71
- Western Hills, Beaumont, TX D+21
- Highland Farms, Baytown, TX R+6
- Goose Creek, Baytown, TX D+7
- Far Northeast-Huffman, Huffman, TX R+52
- Downtown La Porte, La Porte, TX R+25
- Lake Houston, Houston, TX R+15
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Stetson Hills, Colorado Springs, CO R+11
- Academy Hills Park, Albuquerque, NM D+13
- East Congress, Austin, TX D+50
- Historic Montford, Asheville, NC D+72
- Caprock, Lubbock, TX R+18
- North Park Forest, Houston, TX D+46
- Fondren North Renaissance, Jackson, MS D+32
- Boston Edison, Detroit, MI D+84
- Rancho Dominguez, Compton, CA D+39
- Charleston, Staten Island, NY R+51
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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.