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Chesnee, SC
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Chesnee profile


Living in Chesnee



Chesnee is a tiny city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 878 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Chesnee is the 193rd largest community in South Carolina.

Also of interest is that Chesnee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Chesnee telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Chesnee has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chesnee a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Chesnee, just 11.11% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Chesnee in 2018 was $23,813, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,252 for a family of four. However, Chesnee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Chesnee is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chesnee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chesnee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chesnee include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Chesnee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.