Riverwood is a true toss-up. About 49% of voters here vote Democratic and 51% Republican.
About 95% of adults in Riverwood typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Riverwood, ~47% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Riverwood compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Riverwood sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 40 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 75 leaning the other way.
Riverwood runs about 29 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Riverwood 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 Riverwood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density pulls a place toward Democrats and a high white share pulls it toward Republicans. In Riverwood the two roughly cancel.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Riverwood, KY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Riverwood looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Riverwood 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and more than 99% of households in Riverwood own their home, compared to around 82% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Riverwood have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Indian Hills, KY D+3
- Rolling Fields, KY D+4
- Glenview, KY R+5
- Northfield, KY Even
- Windy Hills, KY D+21
- Woodlawn Park, KY D+16
- Richlawn, KY D+23
- St. Matthews, KY D+27
- Graymoor-Devondale, KY D+22
- Beechwood Village, KY D+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Nespelem Community, WA D+54
- Gilsonite, CO R+49
- Lena, LA R+69
- Skaneateles Falls, NY R+8
- Lake Poinsett, SD R+55
- West Groton, NY R+10
- Lippincotts, OH R+61
- Copeland, AL R+75
- Elk, TX R+68
- Brohman, MI R+49
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kentucky 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.