Upper Hill is a Democratic stronghold. About 83% of voters here vote Democratic and 17% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Upper Hill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Upper Hill, ~38% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Upper Hill compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Upper Hill is the most Democratic-leaning.
Upper Hill runs about 40 points more Democratic than Massachusetts as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Upper Hill. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+74) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+51), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Upper 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 Upper Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 65% of adults in Upper Hill have never been married, well above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 46%).
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Upper Hill, Springfield, MA sits above the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Upper Hill looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Upper Hill sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Upper Hill report food insecurity, above 83% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Bay, Springfield, MA D+56
- Old Hill, Springfield, MA D+55
- McKnight, Springfield, MA D+55
- Maple High-Six Corners, Springfield, MA D+44
- East Forest Park, Springfield, MA D+22
- South End Springfield, Springfield, MA D+40
- Pine Point, Springfield, MA D+41
- Metro Center, Springfield, MA D+44
- Forest Park, Springfield, MA D+37
- Liberty Heights, Springfield, MA D+34
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Park Village, York, PA D+41
- Arlington Ridge, Arlington, VA D+60
- Haynes Area, Nashville, TN D+81
- Midtown, Milwaukee, WI D+78
- Airport Heights, Anchorage, AK D+36
- Imperial Point, Fort Lauderdale, FL R+5
- Highland, Rochester, NY D+60
- Washington Heights, Milwaukee, WI D+62
- Emerald Lake Hills, Redwood City, CA D+54
- Downtown Annapolis, Annapolis, MD D+46
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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.