With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Clyde works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. Clyde has 87 jobs for 319 working residents. 9% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clyde
Fewer jobs are based in Clyde than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Clyde fell from 650 in 2013 to 87 in 2023, −87%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Clyde is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in Clyde, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clyde has about 420 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Clyde are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 319 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 46% of jobs based in Clyde
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyde, 2013 → 2023: 650 → 87. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clyde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Clyde
On a workday 319 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Clyde on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Clyde: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clyde workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 269 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
15% of working residents work in Concord
Where Clyde clocks in
15% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Clyde
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Clyde’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Concord. Darker towns draw more of Clyde’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Clyde: questions
What is the median household income in Clyde?
$134,050 (±$28,019) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyde?
6.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyde?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyde work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (15%, 4 mi), San Francisco (9%, 28 mi), Martinez (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clyde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clyde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clyde
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.