Civil War

During the American Civil War, men from Clyde served in B Company of the 111th New York Volunteer Infantry, their last company commander of the war being Philip I. Lape. The regiment commander was Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall. The 111th New York was present at, among others, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle of Cold Harbor and the Appomattox Campaign. During the Battle of Gettysburg, the 111th took the second highest casualties as a regiment of the entire battle. Throughout the war, the regiment took a total of 1803 casualties, of which 158 were KIA, 557 were WIA (490 of whom recovered to some extent), and 1088 MIA.

Clyde is part of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.^[5]

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Clyde had a population of 2,171. The median age was 37.7 years. 27.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.4 males age 18 and over.^[8][9]

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.^[10]

There were 840 households in Clyde, of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.1% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[8]

There were 947 housing units, of which 11.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.8%.^[8]

2010 census

As of the census^[11] of 2010, there were 2,093 people, 798 households, and 545 families residing in the village. The population density was 951.4 inhabitants per square mile (367.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 90.2% White, 4.5% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other races, and 4.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.0% of the population.

There were 798 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 15.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the village the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of 20, 6.3% from 20 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.

Income and poverty

The median income for a household in the village was $41,471, and the median income for a family was $54,732. Males had a median income of $41,471 versus $34,115 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,546. About 11.5% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.0% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

Housing

There were 910 housing units at an average density of 413.6 per square mile (159.7/km²); a total of 12.3% of housing units were vacant.

There were 798 occupied housing units in the village, of which 555 were owner-occupied units (69.5%), while 243 were renter-occupied (30.5%). The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.6% of total units. The rental unit vacancy rate was 11.6%.^[11]