Canton vs Clyde

A side-by-side comparison of Canton and Clyde: population, income, housing, and more.

Canton and Clyde are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canton has the higher population (4,417 vs 1,522 in Clyde). Canton has the higher median household income ($64,034 vs $59,315 in Clyde). Canton has the higher median home value ($226,400 vs $194,600 in Clyde).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Clyde
Population	4,417	1,522
Median age	36.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,034	$59,315
Median home value	$226,400	$194,600
Median gross rent	$850	$936
Housing units	2,018	575
Homeownership rate	69.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Clyde
Population	4,277 → 4,417 (+3.3%)	1,160 → 1,522 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $64,034 (+45.2%)	$61,181 → $59,315 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $226,400 (+57.3%)	$161,300 → $194,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	$808 → $936 (+15.8%)

Canton

Population

4,2774,417

Median household income

$44,107$64,034

Median home value

$143,900$226,400

Median gross rent

$683$850

Clyde

Population

1,1601,522

Median household income

$61,181$59,315

Median home value

$161,300$194,600

Median gross rent

$808$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Clyde
Under 5	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	21.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	20.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Clyde
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	71.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Clyde
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Clyde
Drove alone	85.7%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.8%
Other means	5.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Clyde
1-unit, detached	77.3%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Clyde
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1959	1985