Town · Haywood County, North Carolina

Clyde, North Carolina

Clyde is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, part of the Waynesville, NC metro area. It has 1,359 residents. Clyde, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,895 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Carolina it ranks #166 of 458 cities and towns. It ranks best on hot days (low), unemployment rate (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), average weekly wage (low) and injury deaths (high).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,895 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Carolina: #166 of 458 in NC
Population: 1,359 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,571.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3713280

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety30#10,922/15,637
Economy53#7,332/15,631
Housing48#7,717/14,977
Health40#9,396/15,609
Healthcare25#11,707/15,650
Environment92#1,186/15,453
Education61#6,150/15,649
Infrastructure54#7,159/15,650
Community81#2,989/15,651
Leisure & amenities49#7,958/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clyde, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Haywood County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
100/100North Carolina 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHaywood County value
Unemployment rate · low0.4%
95/100North Carolina 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Social associations · high15.3 /10k
92/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaywood County value
Child care cost burden · low21.5%
90/100North Carolina 25.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaywood County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.1 µg/m³
89/100North Carolina 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHaywood County value
Voter turnout · high75.1%
86/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHaywood County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high25.4 /100k
8/100North Carolina 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHaywood County value
Average weekly wage · low$952
11/100North Carolina $1,376United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaywood County value
Injury deaths · high124 /100k
12/100North Carolina 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaywood County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high25.0%
13/100North Carolina 10.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.5 /10k
15/100North Carolina 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaywood County value
Depression · high28.1%
16/100North Carolina 24.8%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,160 (2015-2019) → 1,359 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
68.7% (2015-2019) → 51.2% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
17.4% (2015-2019) → 25.0% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateWorsening
6.8% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.1% (2015-2019) → 30.4% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clyde, North Carolina improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Clyde, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.1 min2015-2019	20.4 min2020-2024	−2.7 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	77.2%2015-2019	71.7%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	91.1%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	26%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3322015-2019	0.3762020-2024	+0.044	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$61,1812015-2019	$56,4062020-2024	−7.8%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	6.6%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	36.1%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.4%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clyde, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clyde, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clyde, North Carolina itself moved −7.7 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,359 residents (±441)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (+8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,359 residents (±441)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White79%†1,069
Black1.4%†19
Hispanic or Latino15%†

Education

1,017 residents (±330)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma8.9%†91
High school or GED30%†303
Some college24%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

527 households (±135)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k18%†95
$25k–50k25%†132
$50k–75k26%†139
$75k–100k13%†69
$100k–150k14%†72
$150k–200k1.5%†8
$200k or more2.3%†12

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

527 households (±135)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own67%†352
Rent33%†175

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (+11.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

164 households (±59)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75014%†23
$750–1,00032%†53
$1,000–1,50036%†

Home values

352 homes (±122)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k36%†127
$150k–250k34%†121
$250k–400k16%†55

Age of homes

557 homes (±138)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later15%†81
2000–20094.8%†27
1980–199941%†230

Size of homes

557 homes (±138)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio2.2%†12
1 bedroom7.5%†42
2 bedrooms26%†145

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

690 workers (±257)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone82%†563
Carpool11%†78
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.3%†30
Other2.8%†19

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

660 workers (±256)

Clyde, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min30%†201
15–29 min46%†301
30–44 min18%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Waynesville, NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Haywood County, the county holding most of Clyde's residents.

Haywood County has 1,546 employer establishments, 246 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.03× North Carolina's), with 16,322 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,099. The Census Bureau also counts 5,953 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,546; 5,953 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 246; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 16,322
Average annual pay: $43,099; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Haywood County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	126	20	1.09×About typical	2,319	$21,881	25
Specialty trade contractors	121	19.2	1.24×About typical	501	$50,731	563
Ambulatory health care services	94	14.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	945	$71,514	262
Religious organizations	88	14	2.52×More than typical	623	$23,446	—
Lessors of real estate	79	12.6	1.02×About typical	179	$32,229	597
Construction of buildings	76	12.1	1.60×More than typical	257	$44,230	310
Full-service restaurants	62	9.8	1.28×More than typical	1,151	$23,203	10
Limited-service restaurants	54	8.6	1.07×About typical	1,086	$20,903	8
Services to buildings and dwellings	52	8.3	1.23×About typical	314	$47,153	585
Building equipment contractors	49	7.8	1.29×More than typical	232	$47,362	80
Real estate agents and brokers	46	7.3	1.50×More than typical	80	$45,488	176
Automotive repair and maintenance	35	5.6	1.10×About typical	130	$37,231	113

Rank places for an industry Open Haywood County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 62,948 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clyde is mostly in Haywood County.

See federal money in Haywood County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clyde, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Chuck EdwardsR-NC-11 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Haywood County59100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Waynesville, NC55

Other cities and towns in Haywood County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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