Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford is a Democratic stronghold. About 84% of voters here vote Democratic and 16% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford, ~71% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford leans more Democratic than 12 of 51 neighbors.
Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford runs about 39 points more Democratic than Maryland as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+75) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+52), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford 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 Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 75% of adults in Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford hold a bachelor's degree, about 46 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford, Baltimore, MD sits in the top 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 Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Hampden-Woodberry-Remington, Baltimore, MD D+52
- Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore, MD D+73
- Homeland, Baltimore, MD D+67
- Govans, Baltimore, MD D+85
- Charles Village, Baltimore, MD D+79
- Greater Mount Washington, Baltimore, MD D+67
- Ednor Gardens-Lakeside, Baltimore, MD D+86
- Park Heights, Baltimore, MD D+86
- Lower Northwood, Baltimore, MD D+84
- Reservoir Hill-Bolton Hill, Baltimore, MD D+82
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Business District, Irvine, CA D+16
- Chisholm Creek, Wichita, KS D+9
- Lower Vailsburg, Newark, NJ D+72
- North Collinwood, Cleveland, OH D+71
- South West, Washington, DC D+76
- Pacific Heights, San Francisco, CA D+69
- West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH D+30
- Oleander Sunset, Bakersfield, CA D+17
- Northwest Yonkers, Yonkers, NY D+33
- Downtown Houston, Houston, TX D+49
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Maryland 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.