Rockhill is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Rockhill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rockhill, ~13% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rockhill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rockhill leans more Republican than 53 of 119 neighbors.
Rockhill runs about 45 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Rockhill 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 Rockhill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Rockhill, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Rockhill drive to work alone, above 90% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Rockhill, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Rockhill looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 31% of households in Rockhill rent, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Flushing, OH R+57
- Holloway, OH R+59
- Lafferty, OH R+58
- New Athens, OH R+60
- Morristown, OH R+59
- Moorefield, OH R+61
- Smyrna, OH R+60
- Oak Park, OH R+59
- Lloydsville, OH R+59
- Hendrysburg, OH R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Imogene, MN R+55
- Norland, VA R+66
- Poplar Springs, TN R+59
- Seneca, IA R+55
- Sequoyah, OK R+56
- Thomasville, IL R+50
- Tillman, IN R+55
- Faye, KY R+64
- Anton, CO R+78
- Arbacoochee, AL R+86
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio 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.