Oak Hill is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Oak Hill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Oak Hill, ~13% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Oak Hill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Oak Hill leans more Republican than 59 of 85 neighbors.
Oak Hill runs about 52 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Oak Hill, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the Ohio average of 23%.
Foreign-born share and voter turnout
Places with a low foreign-born share tend to turn out in mixed patterns; Oak Hill, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Oak Hill looks the way it does
Turnout in Oak Hill sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kitchen, OH R+59
- Eifort, OH R+65
- Clay, OH R+63
- Pyro, OH R+66
- Gallia, OH R+65
- Vega, OH R+68
- Thurman, OH R+64
- Centerpoint, OH R+62
- South Webster, OH R+62
Cities with Similar Populations
- Montebello, NY R+13
- Bucksport, ME R+17
- Ashford, AL R+65
- Foster, RI R+15
- Florence, TX R+47
- Waterloo, WI R+18
- Crooksville, OH R+54
- Dryden, MI R+43
- Clifton Springs, NY R+14
- Decherd, TN R+58
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio Secretary of State, 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.