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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chesnee is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chesnee is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chesnee who work in office and administrative support (13.98%), sales jobs (13.98%), and food service (7.90%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.28% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Being a small city, Chesnee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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.
