Clyde profile

Living in Clyde

Clyde is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,243 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Clyde is the 375th largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clyde is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clyde is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clyde who work in office and administrative support (19.73%), sales jobs (11.13%), and management occupations (7.86%).

Also of interest is that Clyde has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

As is often the case in a small town, Clyde doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Clyde is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.25% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clyde in 2010 was $21,172, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,688 for a family of four. However, Clyde contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Clyde is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clyde home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clyde residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Clyde also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.29% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clyde include English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Clyde is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.