Scott has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 4% work in Scott itself; outside it, Sheboygan draws the most (11%, 21 miles). Scott has 130 jobs; 619 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Scott is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scott and work: the main findings
What’s behind Scott’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Scott’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Scott’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Scott could be anywhere from B to A−.
Scott on a workday afternoon
On a workday 595 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Scott on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Scott goes to work
Where Scott clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 48% of the jobs in Scott
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 130. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Scott, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 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 849 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Scott works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 971 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). 1.0% of Scott households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scott’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Scott comes 1,078th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,076 | Leesport PA | 1,964 | $96K | 5.6% | 5.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,077 | Lebanon WI | 1,629 | $79K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,078 | Scott WI | 1,725 | $92K | 5.5% | 0.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,079 | Saticoy CA | 1,518 | $86K | 8.8% | 12.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,080 | Lake Riverside CA | 1,262 | $129K | 1.3% | 9.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Scott
The biggest share goes to Mitchell (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $91,683 |
| Auburn | under 2% | A | C | 27 min | $114,167 |
| Sherman | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $107,202 |
| Farmington | under 2% | A+ | D− | 27 min | $102,174 |
| Mitchell | 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $97,212 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 2023, 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?
$91,683 (±$4,273) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott?
5.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sheboygan (11%, 21 mi), Plymouth (8%, 13 mi), West Bend (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scott walkable?
Scott is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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), 2023, 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.