Chetek is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,169 people and three associated neighborhoods, Chetek is the 300th largest community in Wisconsin.

The city 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, Chetek has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chetek a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Chetek 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.

In terms of college education, Chetek is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.08% of adults 25 and older in Chetek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chetek in 2022 was $31,224, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,896 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, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Chetek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.