Owens Cross Roads, AL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Owens Cross Roads

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

Owens Cross Roads leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Owens Cross Roads typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Owens Cross Roads, ~29% vote Democratic, ~72% Republican, and ~-1% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Owens Cross Roads compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Owens Cross Roads leans more Republican than 14 of 52 neighbors.

Owens Cross Roads runs about 11 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Owens Cross Roads. The east side is the most Republican-leaning (R+60) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+32), a spread of about 28 points.

Why Owens Cross Roads 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 Owens Cross Roads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Owens Cross Roads votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 37%, well above the Alabama average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Owens Cross Roads are family households, above 91% of cities.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Owens Cross Roads, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Owens Cross Roads looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Owens Cross Roads 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Owens Cross Roads own their home, compared to around 74% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Owens Cross Roads have completed high school, above 86% of cities. 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 Alabama 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.