Hummels Wharf leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 88% of adults in Hummels Wharf typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hummels Wharf, ~27% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hummels Wharf compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hummels Wharf leans more Republican than 20 of 139 neighbors.
Hummels Wharf runs about 37 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Hummels Wharf. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+51) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+34), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Hummels Wharf 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 Hummels Wharf, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Hummels Wharf votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 52%, well above the Pennsylvania average of 33%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Hummels Wharf are family households, above 78% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Hummels Wharf, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Hummels Wharf looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Hummels Wharf 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Shamokin Dam, PA R+36
- Selinsgrove, PA R+25
- Sunbury, PA R+34
- Mile Run, PA R+56
- Kratzerville, PA R+54
- Winfield, PA R+42
- Northumberland, PA R+37
- Seven Points, PA R+53
- Dundore, PA R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Spanish B Village, HI D+20
- Altonah, UT R+83
- Sparta, VA R+30
- Coe, IN R+58
- Finger, NC R+67
- Somerset, IL R+61
- Soperton, WI R+36
- Kearsarge, NH Even
- Bluff, PA R+59
- Mineral, AR R+70
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of 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.