Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Scott's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C+, ranked 287th of 357 in Wisconsin. The median household earns $108K. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 89% of Wisconsin towns on state tests and graduation. On walkability, just 49 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Scott has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Holy Cross Church and Convent and Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light. Only 10 of the 362 Wisconsin towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Scott.
Where Scott beats most towns.
Where Scott’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Scott is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 8%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,712 in 2000, 3,636 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1862 and 4 maps from 1954 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Scott, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Scott.
Scott has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 120 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Scott.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Scott for work: only 2% work in town. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Scott, against 6.4% in Wisconsin’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Scott grew to 533 in 2023, 64 more than in 2013.
| Scott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,379 U.S. towns with household incomes like Scott’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Scott beats the Wisconsin average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Scott, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 36%. 29% of Scott adults feel lonely.
| Scott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Scott | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 12.1% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 72% | 67.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 77.7°, cooler than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 12.2°. The Green Bay weather station, 12 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 161 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 76% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
Scott has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Scott’s July high is 78°F. About 56 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Scott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 78°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 12°F | 11°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Scott home is worth about $396,000, up 4.8% in a year, 17% above the Wisconsin typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (19% statewide). The median age in Scott is 47 years. 40% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Scott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 32% | 29% |
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.5 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Scott | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.3% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.6% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.9% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.3% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
5.3 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Point au Sable Nature Preserve, at 195 acres.
| Scott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cofrin Arboretum | 0.6 mi | 26 |
| 2. Point au Sable Nature Preserve | — | 195 |
| 3. Wequiock Falls County Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scott. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
10 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
10 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
6 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement Park
36 mi MuseumUSS Cobia
32 mi Ancient siteRouse SimmonsLambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Cobia: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Rouse Simmons: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
5 within 15 miles of the center of Scott
About 3 of every 100 Scott residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
2 places in Scott on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Scott is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,636.
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3 towns share a border with Scott.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | #287 | C+ | B− | — | D | B+ |
| Green Bay | #336 | C− | B | C | D | C |
| Green Bay | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Suamico | #97 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A− |
Green Bay has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Scott, Green Bay and Suamico report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Scott with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Scott grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #287 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B+ for health and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 5 years of the area's median household income ($79,267 across the Green Bay, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
