Mission Hills, Pittsburgh, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mission Hills

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

Mission Hills leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.

 

About 95% of adults in Mission Hills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mission Hills, ~66% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mission Hills compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Mission Hills leans more Democratic than 9 of 12 neighbors.

Mission Hills runs about 39 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Mission Hills sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Mission Hills. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+41) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+29), a spread of about 12 points.

Why Mission 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 Mission Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 68% of adults in Mission Hills hold a bachelor's degree, about 39 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Mission Hills sits in the top fifth on density (more than 99%, above 89% of neighborhoods). Mission Hills runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Mission Hills, Pittsburgh, PA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Mission Hills looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mission Hills 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Mission Hills have completed high school, above 91% 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 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.