Scott has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Scott for work; outside it, Merrill is the main destination (26%, 2 miles). 145 jobs are based in Scott, and 651 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Scott are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Scott stands out on work
Scott and Merrill trade workers both ways
Merrill is the top workplace for Scott residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Scott come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Scott is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Scott, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scott has about 870 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Scott workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 651 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Scott’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Scott is better than 59% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Scott’s grade up ($87,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Scott’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Scott could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Out of Scott to work: where people go
Where Scott clocks in
26% of workers
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily flow of workers through Scott
On a workday 642 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Scott on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Scott: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scott workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 663 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Scott: what the 145 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott, 2014 → 2024: 164 → 145. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Scott
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Scott gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scott is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 717 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Scott households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Scott’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,542nd of 5,877: where Scott ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,540 | Stryker OH | 1,239 | $73K | 4.7% | 2.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,541 | Brothertown WI | 1,282 | $72K | 7.1% | 1.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,542 | Scott WI | 1,371 | $88K | 7.3% | 6.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,543 | Grayson CA | 1,182 | $82K | 7.0% | 2.1% | 0% | B |
| 1,544 | Stanfield NC | 1,744 | $79K | 9.3% | 10.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Scott, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
28% of Scott works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | – | B | C+ | 27 min | $87,500 |
| Merrill | 26% | C− | B+ | 18 min | $53,148 |
| Pine River | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $109,722 |
| Merrill | 2% | B | C− | 22 min | $81,063 |
| Corning | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Harding | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Corning and Harding: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Merrill. Darker towns draw more of Scott’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Scott: questions
What is the median household income in Scott?
$87,500 (±$19,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Merrill (26%, 2 mi), Wausau (16%, 14 mi), Schofield (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Scott walkable?
Scott is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scott without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scott
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.