Rolling Mill Hill, Wilkes-Barre, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Rolling Mill Hill

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

Rolling Mill Hill leans slightly Democratic by roughly 12 points: about 56% of voters vote Democratic and 44% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Rolling Mill Hill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rolling Mill Hill, ~27% vote Democratic, ~21% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rolling Mill Hill compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Rolling Mill Hill leans more Democratic than 2 of 3 neighbors.

Rolling Mill Hill runs about 14 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Rolling Mill Hill sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Rolling Mill Hill. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+24) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+2), a spread of about 21 points.

Why Rolling Mill Hill 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 Rolling Mill Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 48% of adults in Rolling Mill Hill have never been married, modestly above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 41%). Rolling Mill Hill runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Rolling Mill Hill, Wilkes-Barre, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Rolling Mill Hill looks the way it does

Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 85% of adults in Rolling Mill Hill have completed high school, about 5 points below the U.S. average of 90%. 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 Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau 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.