Clyde is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 729 at the 2020 census. It is located east of Martinez.

History

In 1917, the United States Shipping Board provided a government loan to the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company to build a company town. The board commissioned Bernard Maybeck to be supervising architect for laying out the new town. He designed the hotel and around 200 of the initial homes built in the town. George Applegarth was hired as acting architect. In this position, he drew many of the architectural plans for the town.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

Clyde first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|530

|471

|style='background: #ffffe6; |400

|76.37%

|69.47%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.87%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|4

|10

|style='background: #ffffe6; |33

|0.58%

|1.47%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.53%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|2

|4

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3

|0.29%

|0.59%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.41%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|42

|58

|style='background: #ffffe6; |73

|6.05%

|8.55%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.01%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|2

|3

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1

|0.29%

|0.44%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|1

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5

|0.14%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.69%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|34

|33

|style='background: #ffffe6; |70

|4.90%

|4.87%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.60%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|79

|99

|style='background: #ffffe6; |144

|11.38%

|14.60%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.75%

|-

|Total

|694

|678

|style='background: #ffffe6; |729

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Clyde had a population of 729. The population density was . The median age was 42.5 years. 16.7% 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 94.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.2 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 288 households and 194 families in Clyde, of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.4% were married-couple households, 21.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. All High School students should go to Mount Diablo High School.

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