Unemployment in Clyde (6.4%) is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Clyde is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). About one in five stay in Clyde for work; outside it, Abilene is the main destination (7%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Clyde: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
56% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Clyde has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clyde went from 483 in 2013 to 788 in 2023, +63%. The jobs ↓
Clyde workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Clyde’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Clyde’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clyde could be anywhere from D to B+.
Short hops and long hauls from Clyde
About 56% 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.
What work there is in Clyde: 788 jobs
788 jobs are based in Clyde.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyde, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 788. 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.
How long Clyde spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clyde workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,317 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Who works in Clyde, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 846 residents head out to work, 194 work right here, and 594 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 goes to work
Where Clyde clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
In Clyde, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,501 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). 5.9% of Clyde households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clyde’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,125th of 4,177: where Clyde ranks among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,123 | East Gaffney SC | 2,824 | $25K | 33.8% | 2.8% | 4% | C |
| 3,124 | Fairport Harbor OH | 3,087 | $52K | 23.3% | 5.3% | 4% | C |
| 3,125 | Clyde TX | 4,024 | $68K | 14.0% | 6.4% | 19% | C |
| 3,126 | Colonial Beach VA | 4,151 | $61K | 24.4% | 1.3% | 10% | C |
| 3,127 | Logan Township IN | 3,694 | $68K | 15.4% | 4.9% | 22% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Texas.
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?
$68,184 (±$11,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyde?
14.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyde?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyde work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (7%, 14 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 128 mi), Dallas (4%, 162 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clyde walkable?
Clyde is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clyde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.