Best PlacesClyde, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clyde, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clyde ranks 10,509th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clyde
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Clyde's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clyde ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Clyde ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 34% of towns
- Household income$65,552 median, better than only 38% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 41% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clyde
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clyde home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,552, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Clyde's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clyde
Clyde runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clyde.
Who works in Clyde, and how
Work in Clyde centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Clyde
Clyde has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Clyde and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clyde, month by month
Clyde sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Clyde
The nearest airport, Asheville Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clyde
Schools across Clyde average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverbend ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Junaluska ElementaryA · 66% proficient
- North Canton ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Waynesville MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Canton MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Haywood Early CollegeA+ · 92% proficient
- Madison Early College HighA · 78% proficient
- Tuscola HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clyde school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clyde measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Clyde against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clyde
Is Clyde a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clyde ranks 10,509th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and state finances, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clyde expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $308,459. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $65,552 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Clyde safe?
Yes, Clyde is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Clyde with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clyde. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clyde represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Clyde detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clyde: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clyde: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clyde: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clyde: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clyde detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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