Payette Heights is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Payette Heights typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Payette Heights, ~20% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Payette Heights compares
Payette Heights runs about 15 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Why Payette 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 Payette Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican, and Payette Heights sits in the bottom quarter on developed land relative to similar places. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Payette Heights sits in the bottom quarter (about 14%, below 86% of neighborhoods).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Payette Heights, Payette, ID sits in the bottom quarter 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 Payette Heights looks the way it does
Turnout in Payette Heights 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 Neighborhoods
- Northwest, Garden City, ID Even
- West Cloverdale, Boise, ID R+14
- West Valley, Boise, ID Even
- Collister, Boise, ID D+21
- West Bench, Boise, ID D+4
- Winstead Park, Boise, ID D+20
- Sunset, Boise, ID D+44
- Veterans Park, Boise, ID D+29
- Franklin Randolph, Boise, ID Even
- Highlands, Boise, ID D+20
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- East Winston, Winston-Salem, NC D+82
- Trinity Park, Durham, NC D+86
- Beacon Hills and Harbour, Jacksonville, FL R+27
- Highlands Park, Smyrna, GA D+44
- Cherry Grove, Cincinnati, OH R+4
- Doylestown Historic District, Doylestown, PA D+26
- McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, OH R+12
- Central West, Trenton, NJ D+79
- Sierra Oaks, Sacramento, CA D+42
- School Gardens, Riviera Beach, MD R+19
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Idaho 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.