Pingree Grove leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Pingree Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pingree Grove, ~35% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pingree Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pingree Grove leans more Republican than 67 of 114 neighbors.
Pingree Grove runs about 17 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Pingree Grove is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pingree Grove. The northeast side is the most split-leaning (R+18) and the south side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Pingree 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 Pingree Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pingree Grove votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 54%, well above the Illinois average of 33%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Pingree Grove are family households, above 95% of cities. Pingree Grove runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pingree Grove, IL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pingree Grove looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pingree Grove 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Pingree Grove own their home, compared to around 83% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Starks, IL R+19
- North Plato, IL R+23
- Gilberts, IL Even
- Hampshire, IL R+19
- Huntley, IL R+3
- Sleepy Hollow, IL D+5
- Dundee, IL Even
- Burlington, IL R+37
- West Dundee, IL D+10
- Elgin, IL D+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fayetteville, PA R+40
- Boonville, MO R+36
- Plainville, MA D+6
- Monongahela, PA R+26
- Ambridge, PA D+6
- Terryville, NY R+21
- Poplar Grove, IL R+19
- Port Salerno, FL R+19
- Kinnelon, NJ R+18
- Santa Teresa, NM R+4
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois 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.