Chelan is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,412 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chelan is the 148th largest community in Washington.

Chelan home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but Chelan real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Chelan 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: 14.47% 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.

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!) Chelan 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. Chelan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chelan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chelan may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Chelan spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.40 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Chelan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Chelan is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.54% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Chelan in 2022 was $41,799, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,196 for a family of four. However, Chelan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Chelan is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chelan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chelan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Chelan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.07% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chelan include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Chelan's cultural character, accounting for 20.68% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Chelan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.