Piney Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Piney Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Piney Grove, ~10% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Piney Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Piney Grove leans more Republican than 23 of 54 neighbors.
Piney Grove runs about 56 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Piney Grove. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+79) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+42), a spread of about 37 points.
Why Piney Grove 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 Piney Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Piney Grove are family households, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Piney Grove, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Piney Grove looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Piney Grove own their home, about 15 points above the Texas average of 75%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Piney Grove sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Grice, TX R+76
- Pineview, TX R+75
- Musgrove, TX R+74
- Matinburg, TX R+57
- Leesburg, TX R+62
- Brumley, TX R+67
- Stout, TX R+78
- Little Hope, TX R+73
- Rhonesboro, TX R+71
- East Point, TX R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- La Grange, MI R+23
- Meridian, CA R+49
- Eola, OR R+19
- Indianford, WI R+21
- Blanca, CO Even
- Kistler, PA R+66
- Meadowlands, MN R+26
- Osierfield, GA R+68
- West Sonora, OH R+65
- Brownfield, PA R+25
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division, 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.