Oil Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Oil Valley typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Oil Valley, ~7% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Oil Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Oil Valley leans more Republican than 51 of 73 neighbors.
Oil Valley runs about 44 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Oil Valley 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 Oil Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Oil Valley, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Oil Valley sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 83% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Oil Valley are family households, above 91% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Oil Valley, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Oil Valley looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Oil Valley 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 44%, about 10 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 31% of households in Oil Valley rent, above 86% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Oil Valley sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pueblo, KY R+75
- Gregory, KY R+71
- Monticello, KY R+64
- Denney, KY R+75
- Griffin, KY R+75
- Eadsville, KY R+63
- Delta, KY R+72
- Ritner, KY R+84
Cities with Similar Populations
- Oakton, MO R+74
- Direct, TX R+80
- Uniontown, MD R+49
- Hyco, VA R+32
- Merritt, MO R+75
- Benson, PA R+53
- Highland Center, IA R+53
- Coulters, PA R+37
- Caney City, TX R+64
- Johnstown, NE R+74
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kentucky 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.