Woodland Heights leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Woodland Heights typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woodland Heights, ~22% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woodland Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Woodland Heights leans more Republican than 12 of 19 neighbors.
Woodland Heights runs about 10 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Woodland Heights. The east side is the most split-leaning (R+18) and the northwest side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Woodland Heights 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 Woodland Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Woodland Heights, about 85% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the Missouri average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 82% of residents in Woodland Heights drive to work alone, above 87% of neighborhoods.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Woodland Heights, Springfield, MO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Woodland Heights 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. Woodland Heights sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Grant Beach, Springfield, MO Even
- Doling, Springfield, MO R+17
- Midtown Springfield, Springfield, MO D+17
- Robberson, Springfield, MO R+15
- Heart of the Westside, Springfield, MO R+15
- Tom Watkins, Springfield, MO R+22
- Weller, Springfield, MO D+8
- Downtown Springfield, Springfield, MO D+19
- West Central, Springfield, MO D+10
- Rountree, Springfield, MO D+41
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Westwood Richland, Abilene, TX R+18
- University-Syracuse, Syracuse, NY D+74
- Belknap, Louisville, KY D+49
- Valley View, York, PA Even
- West Village, Cuyahoga Falls, OH D+6
- Northdale, Coon Rapids, MN D+7
- Brookhaven-Lansdowne, Lexington, KY D+25
- Shadow Wood, Coral Springs, FL D+26
- Kensington-San Francisco, Berkeley, CA D+84
- Mount Pleasant, Chicago, IL D+28
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri 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.