Photo: User:OHWiki · CC BY-SA 2.5There are 1.9 jobs in Clyde for every working resident, and 4,898 people commute in
There are 5,570 jobs in Clyde for 2,927 working residents. Clyde grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Clyde is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clyde apart
Clyde makes and builds things
66% of the jobs based in Clyde are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clyde residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Clyde is where the jobs are
Clyde has 5,570 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 6,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Clyde workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Clyde are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Clyde draws workers from far and wide
The 5,570 jobs in Clyde are filled from a wide area. Clyde’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Why Clyde gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clyde is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #811 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Clyde’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,574, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clyde could be anywhere from D to B+.
Goods jobs make up 66% of work in Clyde
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyde, 2013 → 2023: 6,336 → 5,570. 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.
A workday in Clyde: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,255 residents head out to work and 672 work right here.
About 9,000 people are in Clyde on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Clyde: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clyde workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,023 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the people who work in Clyde live
Where Clyde clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Miles to work from Clyde
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clyde is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #364 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,043 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Clyde households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clyde’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600, Clyde ranks 2,406th of 3,255 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,404 | St. Clair Township OH | 6,940 | $62K | 16.7% | 6.6% | 4% | C |
| 2,405 | Cherokee IA | 5,122 | $62K | 18.5% | 2.4% | 38% | C |
| 2,406 | Clyde OH | 6,361 | $51K | 11.3% | 4.9% | 23% | C |
| 2,407 | Ephraim UT | 6,393 | $67K | 17.3% | 10.5% | 30% | C |
| 2,408 | Litchfield MN | 6,528 | $55K | 15.1% | 2.9% | 40% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ohio.
How Clyde compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clyde workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde | – | C | B | 18 min | $50,574 |
| Green Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $68,622 |
| York Township | under 2% | B | D | 17 min | $80,385 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$50,574 (±$7,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyde?
11.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyde?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyde work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (13%, 8 mi), Bellevue (5%, 8 mi), Sandusky (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clyde walkable?
Clyde is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clyde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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. 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.