Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Houston Suburban Homes

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

Houston Suburban Homes leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 32% of adults in Houston Suburban Homes typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Houston Suburban Homes, ~14% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Houston Suburban Homes compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Houston Suburban Homes leans more Republican than 3 of 5 neighbors.

Politically, Houston Suburban Homes sits close to the rest of Texas.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Houston Suburban Homes. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+6) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+25), a spread of about 30 points.

Why Houston Suburban Homes 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 Houston Suburban Homes, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Houston Suburban Homes votes Republican even though it is densely developed (more than 99%, far above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Houston Suburban Homes sits in the bottom quarter (about 8%, below 95% of neighborhoods).

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, 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 Houston Suburban Homes looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Houston Suburban Homes 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 44%, about 10 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 66% of households in Houston Suburban Homes rent, compared to around 45% in nearby neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Houston Suburban Homes have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. 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.