Woodlawn Court, Hattiesburg, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Woodlawn Court

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

Woodlawn Court is a Democratic stronghold. About 77% of voters here vote Democratic and 23% Republican.

 

About 49% of adults in Woodlawn Court typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woodlawn Court, ~38% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Woodlawn Court compares

Woodlawn Court runs about 77 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Woodlawn Court is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Woodlawn Court. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+91) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (Even), a spread of about 91 points.

Why Woodlawn Court 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 Woodlawn Court, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Woodlawn Court live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 48% of adults in Woodlawn Court have never been married, above 79% of neighborhoods. Woodlawn Court runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Woodlawn Court, Hattiesburg, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Woodlawn Court looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 36% of adults in Woodlawn Court report food insecurity, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Woodlawn Court sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Woodlawn Court sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Mississippi 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.