Chesaning is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,400 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chesaning is the 317th largest community in Michigan.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Chesaning is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.71% of the Chesaning workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Chesaning is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chesaning who work in farm management occupations (15.05%), office and administrative support (10.10%), and healthcare (8.71%). You will also find that a lot of people in Chesaning work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms. Also of interest is that Chesaning has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The village 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, Chesaning has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chesaning a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small village, Chesaning does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Chesaning is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.70% of adults 25 and older in Chesaning have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Chesaning in 2022 was $29,343, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,372 for a family of four. However, Chesaning contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Chesaning home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chesaning residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chesaning include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Chesaning is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
