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!) Chetek 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. Chetek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chetek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chetek may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Chetek doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Chetek are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.95% of adults in Chetek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Chetek in 2018 was $26,736, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,944 for a family of four. However, Chetek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Chetek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chetek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chetek include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Chetek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
