Richland Hills, Waco, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Richland Hills

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

Richland Hills leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.

 

About 37% of adults in Richland Hills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Richland Hills, ~21% vote Democratic, ~16% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Richland Hills compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Richland Hills leans more Democratic than 10 of 11 neighbors.

Richland Hills runs about 30 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Richland Hills is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Richland Hills. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+20) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+9), a spread of about 10 points.

Why Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Richland Hills is about 29%, about 43 points below the U.S. average of 72%. Richland Hills runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Richland Hills, Waco, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Richland Hills looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Richland Hills is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 43%, about 10 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 97% of households in Richland Hills rent, compared to around 50% in nearby neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Richland Hills sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 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.