Indian Hill is a Democratic stronghold. About 76% of voters here vote Democratic and 24% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Indian Hill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Indian Hill, ~37% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Indian Hill compares
Indian Hill runs about 42 points more Democratic than Illinois as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Indian Hill. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+73) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+41), a spread of about 31 points.
Why Indian Hill 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 Indian Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Indian Hill have never been married, modestly above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 48%).
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Indian Hill, Chicago Heights, IL 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 Indian Hill looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Indian Hill 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 46%, about 17 points below the Illinois average of 63%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 37% of adults in Indian Hill report food insecurity, above 91% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Indian Hill have completed high school, below 80% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Rum Village, South Bend, IN D+29
- Lower Beaver, Des Moines, IA D+23
- Van Steuban, Detroit, MI D+84
- Chief Garry Park, Spokane, WA D+12
- Downtown Binghamton, Binghamton, NY D+30
- Oak Grove, Springfield, MO Even
- Warrendale, Waltham, MA D+38
- Wildhorse, San Antonio, TX D+2
- West Mesa, Albuquerque, NM D+24
- North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND D+7
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board 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.