Palmer Heights leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 88% of adults in Palmer Heights typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Palmer Heights, ~41% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Palmer Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Palmer Heights is the most Republican-leaning.
Palmer Heights runs about 4 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Palmer Heights 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 Palmer Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 83% of residents in Palmer Heights drive to work alone, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Palmer Heights are family households, above 80% of neighborhoods.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Palmer Heights, Easton, PA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Palmer Heights looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Palmer Heights 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 88% of households in Palmer Heights own their home, compared to around 51% in nearby neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- West Ward, Easton, PA D+27
- Southside, Easton, PA D+29
- College Hill, Easton, PA D+57
- North End, Phillipsburg, NJ D+6
- Firthtown, Phillipsburg, NJ D+8
- middletown, Bethlehem, PA Even
- South Side, Bethlehem, PA D+33
- West Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA D+25
- Sayre Park, Bethlehem, PA D+36
- Rittersville, Allentown, PA D+10
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
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.