Holy Cross Church and Convent · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Scott has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Scott report 533 jobs for 1,676 working residents. Scott grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Scott
Scott and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Scott residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Scott come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Scott empties out on a workday
About 2,500 people are in Scott on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 3,700 who live here: 1,700 head out to work and 510 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Scott
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scott is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #86 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scott could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
34% of working residents work in Green Bay
Where Scott clocks in
34% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Scott on a workday
On a workday 1,650 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Scott on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Scott
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 533. 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Scott’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 1,512 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Scott’s workers travel
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Scott, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scott is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #352 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Scott near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,814 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). 0.7% of Scott households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scott’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Scott is 332nd among 4,210 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 330 | Aurelius Township MI | 4,394 | $95K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 331 | Heidelberg Township PA | 4,170 | $92K | 3.6% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| 332 | Scott WI | 3,650 | $108K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A |
| 333 | Cherry Grove OH | 4,176 | $118K | 2.0% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 334 | Washington Township PA | 4,569 | $99K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
The towns next door employ 36% of Scott
The biggest share goes to Green Bay (34%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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?
$108,444 (±$6,868) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott?
4.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (34%, 6 mi), Ashwaubenon (10%, 12 mi), De Pere (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scott walkable?
Scott is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% 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.