Indian Hills leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.
About 32% of adults in Indian Hills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Indian Hills, ~18% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Indian Hills compares
Indian Hills sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.
Indian Hills runs about 23 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Indian Hills is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Indian Hills. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+14) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+3), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Indian Hills 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 Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Indian Hills votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Indian Hills runs about 23 points more Democratic.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Indian Hills, Grand Prairie, 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 Indian Hills looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Indian Hills 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 41%, about 12 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 63% of adults in Indian Hills have completed high school, below 98% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- East Arlington, Arlington, TX D+22
- North Westchester Meadows, Grand Prairie, TX D+23
- North Arlington, Arlington, TX D+28
- Central Arlington, Arlington, TX D+25
- Bear Creek, Irving, TX D+22
- Southwest Dallas, Dallas, TX D+45
- Winnetka Heights, Dallas, TX D+36
- Southeast Arlington, Arlington, TX D+26
- Song, Irving, TX D+33
- Eagle Ford, Dallas, TX D+47
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Eastown, Grand Rapids, MI D+56
- Midtown-Nashville, Nashville, TN D+32
- Northgate, College Station, TX D+35
- Upper Rockridge, Oakland, CA D+72
- Murray Hill, Milwaukee, WI D+64
- Glynlea-Grove Park, Jacksonville, FL R+16
- Culebra Park, San Antonio, TX D+27
- Marlyville, New Orleans, LA D+50
- Eastlake, Seattle, WA D+76
- Howard Park, Gwynn Oak, MD D+85
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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.