Work & commute · Wescott

Work & commute in Wescott, WI

Most working residents leave Wescott for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Shawano (25%), Green Bay (6%) and Menominee (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,491 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,471 Wescott residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wescott.

1,471live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wescott goes to work

Shawano3.2 mi away

25%372

Green Bay34.8 mi away

6%96

Menominee13.2 mi away

4%63

Richmond5.9 mi away

3%48

De Pere35.6 mi away

3%40

Appleton38.1 mi away

3%40

Madison127.1 mi away

3%38

Ashwaubenon32.9 mi away

2%36

Clintonville16.5 mi away

2%35

Bonduel7.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%698

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wescott commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

11%

28%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wescott is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wescott are

186 jobs are based in Wescott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wescott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wescott

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Wescott residents hold

1,491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−23%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.