Clyde vs Waynesville

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

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

Waynesville has the higher population (10,408 vs 1,522 in Clyde). Clyde has the higher median household income ($59,315 vs $50,554 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median home value ($254,800 vs $194,600 in Clyde).

Population, income & housing

	Clyde	Waynesville
Population	1,522	10,408
Median age	46.6 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,315	$50,554
Median home value	$194,600	$254,800
Median gross rent	$936	$1,105
Housing units	575	5,866
Homeownership rate	69.1%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clyde	Waynesville
Population	1,160 → 1,522 (+31.2%)	9,965 → 10,408 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$61,181 → $59,315 (-3.0%)	$42,796 → $50,554 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $194,600 (+20.6%)	$161,800 → $254,800 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $936 (+15.8%)	$814 → $1,105 (+35.7%)

Clyde

Population

1,1601,522

Median household income

$61,181$59,315

Median home value

$161,300$194,600

Median gross rent

$808$936

Waynesville

Population

9,96510,408

Median household income

$42,796$50,554

Median home value

$161,800$254,800

Median gross rent

$814$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clyde	Waynesville
Under 5	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	20.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.2%
75 and over	7.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clyde	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clyde	Waynesville
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clyde	Waynesville
Drove alone	89.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	12.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clyde	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	67.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Clyde	Waynesville
Poverty rate	6.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1985	1975