Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Wescott commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
186 jobs are based in Wescott, against 1,491 working residents. Wescott grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Wescott for work; outside it, Shawano is the main destination (25%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wescott: the gist
Wescott is a place people come home to
There are 186 jobs based in Wescott, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wescott has about 2,000 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wescott and Shawano trade workers both ways
Shawano is the top workplace for Wescott residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Wescott come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 Wescott
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wescott is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #341 of 362 in Wisconsin. Household income holds Wescott’s grade up ($72,738, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wescott could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Wescott
On a workday 1,471 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Wescott on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The towns that employ Wescott’s residents
Where Wescott clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 28% of Wescott’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wescott, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 186. 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 Wescott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Wescott: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wescott workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,385 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wescott
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Wescott walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wescott is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #297 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,530 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). 4.2% of Wescott households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wescott’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Wescott comes 3,404th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,402 | Stamford TX | 2,963 | $47K | 20.5% | 1.2% | 25% | C− |
| 3,403 | Bushnell IL | 2,600 | $68K | 9.8% | 6.6% | 22% | C− |
| 3,404 | Wescott WI | 3,287 | $73K | 15.8% | 5.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,405 | Heceta Beach OR | 2,651 | $80K | 12.9% | 15.5% | <1% | C− |
| 3,406 | Hugoton KS | 3,545 | $63K | 15.8% | 3.5% | 47% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Wescott, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 32% of Wescott
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wescott workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wescott | – | C− | C− | 22 min | $72,738 |
| Richmond | 3% | B+ | B | 17 min | $85,636 |
| Shawano | 25% | B− | A− | 16 min | $57,490 |
| Washington | under 2% | C+ | C− | 34 min | $62,096 |
| Menominee | 4% | D | C | 22 min | $62,108 |
| Legend Lake | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Keshena | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Underhill | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Legend Lake and Keshena: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Underhill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shawano. Darker towns draw more of Wescott’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 Wescott: questions
What is the median household income in Wescott?
$72,738 (±$7,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wescott?
15.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wescott?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wescott work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shawano (25%, 3 mi), Green Bay (6%, 35 mi), Menominee (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wescott walkable?
Wescott is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wescott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wescott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wescott
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.