Photo: Jimmy Emerson from Dalton GA · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Clyde commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Clyde itself; outside it, Arcadia draws the most (13%, 11 miles). 514 jobs are based in Clyde, against 961 working residents. For jobs and income Clyde is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clyde, in a few figures
Clyde makes and builds things
75% of the jobs based in Clyde are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clyde residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Clyde are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Clyde pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Clyde pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Clyde residents hold. 81% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Clyde. The jobs ↓
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 961 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Clyde’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Clyde’s grade up (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (11.6%) is left out: Clyde’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Clyde could be anywhere from D to C+.
75% of the jobs in Clyde make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyde, 2013 → 2023: 572 → 514. 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 trip from Clyde: about 23 minutes
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 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 701 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Clyde quiets down on a workday
On a workday 862 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 415 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Clyde on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where Clyde’s working residents head each day
Where Clyde clocks in
10% 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.
Half of Clyde commutes less than 14 miles
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.
In Clyde, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 768 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.4% of Clyde households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clyde’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clyde next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900: 4,302nd of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,300 | Owenton KY | 1,690 | $55K | 14.9% | 6.8% | 9% | C− |
| 4,301 | Jeffersonville KY | 2,137 | $56K | 16.1% | 8.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,302 | Clyde NY | 2,127 | $62K | 21.7% | 11.6% | 10% | C− |
| 4,303 | Annsville NY | 2,605 | $67K | 15.0% | 7.0% | 3% | C− |
| 4,304 | Point Clear AL | 1,511 | $46K | 16.1% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clyde, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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?
$62,407 (±$11,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyde?
21.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyde?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyde work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcadia (13%, 11 mi), Galen (12%, 1 mi), Lyons (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clyde walkable?
Clyde is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clyde without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.