WescottWI
A town of 3,287, settled in 1887.
Is Wescott a good place to live?
Wescott grades D− overall, ranked 355th of 357 in Wisconsin, mostly because of incomes. The median household income is $73K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Shawno County Lake Park, at 34 acres. Wescott's schools rank behind 72% of the state's.
99% of working residents leave Wescott for work
Where Wescott’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wescott grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Wescott is from typical.
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Moving to Wescott: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wescott, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wescott.
Wescott is a second-home town and sends most of its workers to Shawano and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Wisconsin (mostly inland flooding).
Most people working in Wescott commute elsewhere
Wescott has 186 jobs for its 1,491 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1.3% of working residents work locally in Wescott. Since 2013, Wescott has lost 57 jobs, to 186 in 2023. For half of commuters, work is under 30 miles away. The town’s mean commuting time is 22 minutes, against 22 minutes in Wisconsin’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Wescott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $88,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Wescott trails 69% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Wescott, 18% binge drink. This Wisconsin town does better than the Wisconsin average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 11. 15% of adults report frequent physical distress in the town, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 14%. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% smoke cigarettes, 41% have obesity.
| Wescott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Wescott | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81% | 77.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Wescott, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Wisconsin towns; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Wescott, 59% come from inland flooding and 27% from cold waves. The town’s FEMA hazard score is 71 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Young adults are less common in Wescott than in Wisconsin
28.5% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 6.2% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
In Wescott, 27% of residents are 65 or older. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 26%, against 33% across Wisconsin. The median age for Wescott comes to 52.6 years.
| Wescott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.6 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Wescott | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.2% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.3% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.2% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.9% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.9% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.8% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.4% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Wescott
In July, afternoons reach 81°; in January, nights fall to 7°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 1.7% of Wescott
Trails run 5.9 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Wescott, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Wescott | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shawno County Lake Park | 0.4 mi | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wescott
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wescott
About 4 of every 100 Wescott residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Wescott
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Wescott is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,257 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 807 ft
Wescott’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Wescott.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wescott | #355 | D− | C | — | C | C |
| Richmond | — | — | B− | — | C | C |
| Shawano | #321 | C | B | B− | C | C− |
| Washington | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Menominee | — | — | B+ | — | D− | — |
| Legend Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keshena | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Underhill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Richmond and Washington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wescott, Richmond, Washington and Menominee report no FBI crime data of their own. Menominee, Legend Lake, Keshena and Underhill aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wescott with a neighbor →
Questions about Wescott
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wescott, WI a good place to live?
Wescott grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #355 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades C for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Wescott, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.