It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Chesnee has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Chesnee has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chesnee than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chesnee may be for you.
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 population of Chesnee has a very low overall level of education: only 9.03% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Chesnee in 2022 was $23,275, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,100 for a family of four. However, Chesnee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chesnee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.84% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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, German, Italian, and Slavic.
The most common language spoken in Chesnee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
