Chesnee is a tiny city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 878 people and five associated 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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.28% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
In Chesnee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.63 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Chesnee is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Chesnee are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.24% of adults in Chesnee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Chesnee in 2022 was $28,864, 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 $115,456 for a family of four. However, Chesnee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chesnee is a very 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, German, Scots-Irish, and Slavic.
The most common language spoken in Chesnee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.