Photo: HistoryTheorist · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Clyde Hill near the very top of U.S. towns
The two grades for Clyde Hill are A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Clyde Hill is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 2.6% of residents (Washington 9.9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Clyde Hill
Home offices are common in Clyde Hill
47% of Clyde Hill workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Clyde Hill have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Clyde Hill went from 403 in 2013 to 1,240 in 2023, +208%. The jobs ↓
Most Clyde Hill residents work close to home
77% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
83% of Clyde Hill’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 88% of the jobs based in Clyde Hill. The jobs ↓
Clyde Hill and Seattle trade workers both ways
Seattle is the top workplace for Clyde Hill residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Clyde Hill come from (25% of its jobs). 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Clyde Hill’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clyde Hill is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #14 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Clyde Hill’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Clyde Hill’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clyde Hill could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Getting to work from Clyde Hill takes 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 Hill workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 671 commuters (the 47% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,240 jobs are based in Clyde Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyde Hill, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 1,240. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Clyde Hill to work
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.
36% of working residents work in Seattle
Where Clyde Hill clocks in
36% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Clyde Hill
On a workday 1,003 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 1,219 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 (1.21 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.
Clyde Hill is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,259 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 50% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 48.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 2.0% of Clyde Hill households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Clyde Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clyde Hill is 214th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| 213 | Huber Ridge OH | 4,111 | $97K | 3.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 214 | Clyde Hill WA | 3,161 | $250K | 2.6% | 4.7% | 2% | A |
| 215 | Palmer Township MN | 2,633 | $121K | 2.1% | 0.2% | 2% | A |
| 216 | Exeter WI | 2,209 | $115K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Work next door: 22% of Clyde Hill’s workers
The biggest share goes to Bellevue (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clyde Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Hill | – | A | A+ | 18 min | $250,000+ |
| Bellevue | 16% | A | A+ | 24 min | $165,576 |
| Yarrow Point | under 2% | A+ | A | 19 min | $250,000+ |
| Kirkland | 6% | A | A+ | 24 min | $150,414 |
| Medina | under 2% | A+ | A | 21 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clyde Hill’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- 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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Clyde Hill?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyde Hill?
2.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyde Hill?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 47% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyde Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (36%, 6 mi), Bellevue (16%, 4 mi), Redmond (12%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clyde Hill walkable?
Clyde Hill is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clyde Hill without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 50% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clyde Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clyde Hill
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.