ClydeTX
A town of 4,024, settled in 1881.
Is Clyde a good place to live?
Clyde gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $229K, 3.4 years of the Abilene metro’s $67K median household income. It grades B− overall, 202nd of 640 graded towns in Texas. Clyde’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
What makes Clyde stand out
Where Clyde beats most towns.
How Clyde grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Clyde is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clyde: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clyde, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clyde.
Clyde trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, fares better on crime within Texas than nationally and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
On CDC estimates, Clyde is less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Clyde beats the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 26% of Clyde adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Clyde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Clyde | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.2% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.3% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Clyde’s schools rank ahead of 66% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Clyde CISD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Clyde H S, with 444 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 317 | – |
| Clyde H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 444 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Clyde’s grade for cost of living is an A−
Homes are within reach (about $229K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 102 miles. Values rose 9.2% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
Typical home values rose 9.2% in the year to September 2026. Clyde’s median rent is $1,017 a month.
| Clyde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,017 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mild winters and hot summers in Clyde
The Abilene Rgnl Ap weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 102 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.4°.
Clyde has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Clyde is 94°F. About 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Clyde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Clyde’s workers commute out
The average commute for its 1,040 working residents takes 34.6 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas. Jobs based here grew from 483 in 2013 to 788.
Most working residents leave Clyde for work: only 19% work in town. Since 2013, Clyde has added 305 jobs, to 788 in 2023. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Clyde.
| Clyde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clyde reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns
At 14.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 75% of Texas’s graded towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Clyde faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Clyde since 1989.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Clyde has set aside 0.4% of its land for conservation
Just 8 of its 2,098 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Clyde itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Clyde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clyde Public Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Clyde
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Clyde
About 3 of every 100 Clyde residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Famous people from Clyde
5 notable people were born in Clyde.
About Clyde
City in Texas, United States
Clyde is a city in Callahan County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,811 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area. As of 2023 the population of Clyde has grown to 4,157.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,991 ft
- ZIP code
- 79510
- Area code
- 325
Questions about Clyde
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clyde, TX a good place to live?
Clyde grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #202 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, B for safety and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Clyde, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
What is Clyde, TX known for?
5 notable people were born here, including Billie Sol Estes and Quincy Armstrong.