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Wescott town, Shawano County, WI

3,252 Population
22.6 square miles 143.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shawano County: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,069 ±$6,082 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shawano County: $36,172 ±$1,388
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$71,641 ±$7,154 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shawano County: $67,032 ±$2,497
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10% ±3.6% (320  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 11% 4,404 (±1.1% / ±439)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

21.4 minutes ±2.9 (31,295  ±5,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawano County: 23.2 408,770 (±0.9 / ±18,042)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

1,587 ±119 Number of households
  • Shawano County: 16,881 ±284
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.2 (3,252  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawano County: 2.4 40,325 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

4.1% ±3.5% (19  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Shawano County: 5.4% † 422 (±0.9% / ±70)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,350 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Shawano County: 20,430 ±58
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$190,400 ±$19,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Shawano County: $179,100 ±$5,124
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

9.1% ±3.3% (294  ±105.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 11% 4,464 (±1.1% / ±440.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

94.4% ±7.8% (2,397  ±244.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shawano County: 92.9% 27,378 (±2.4% / ±710.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
23.9% ±4.7% (607  ±124.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shawano County: 18.7% 5,509 (±1.1% / ±331.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.8% ±1.1% (26  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 1% 410
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.3% ±2.6% (173  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 7.6% 2,450 (±0.7% / ±210)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
173 Total veterans ±71 173 Male ±71 N/A Female ±10

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