Wilburn is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Wilburn typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wilburn, ~9% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wilburn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wilburn leans more Republican than 31 of 58 neighbors.
Wilburn runs about 40 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Wilburn 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 Wilburn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Wilburn are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Wilburn, AR sits in the bottom 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 Wilburn looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Wilburn is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 49%, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- McJester, AR R+70
- Tumbling Shoals, AR R+67
- Pangburn, AR R+73
- Ida, AR R+72
- Hickory Flat, AR R+76
- Heber Springs, AR R+58
- Letona, AR R+73
- Sidon, AR R+71
- Concord, AR R+69
- Sunnydale, AR R+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- Peel, AR R+45
- Ellijay, NC R+45
- Bay View, OH R+28
- Rudd, IA R+42
- Green Creek, IL R+67
- Wells, NY R+49
- Long, OK R+68
- Moingona, IA R+35
- Winterstown, PA R+56
- Diamond City, IL R+62
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Arkansas 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.