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Pilot Point is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 99th among Texas's 640 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 74% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 67% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $319K, 3.5 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Pilot Point’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jones Farm and Pilot Point Commercial Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
Where Pilot Point beats most towns.
3,856 counted in 2010 and 4,381 in 2020; an estimated 8,052 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 83.6% since 2020, after 13.6% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Pilot Point is from typical.
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Census counts: 790 in 1880, 4,381 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and a map from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pilot Point, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Pilot Point.
Pilot Point fares better on crime within Texas than nationally, has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak.
Jobs based here grew from 1,168 in 2013 to 1,607.
Most working residents leave Pilot Point for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Pilot Point grew to 1,607 in 2023, 439 more than in 2013. Pilot Point’s median household income is $98,000.
| Pilot Point | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Pilot Point ISD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Pilot Point H S, with 482 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Point ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–5 | Grades 1–5 | 561 | B+ |
| Pilot Point H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 482 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
At 10.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 87% of Texas’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Pilot Point is 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Pilot Point | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 2007, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pilot Point.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Pilot Point. Pilot Point beats the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 32% of adults have high blood pressure in Pilot Point.
| Pilot Point | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pilot Point | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.2% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.7% | 10.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 94.8°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.9°. The Gainesville 5 Ene weather station, 18 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 242 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 77% of Texas places with climate records.
Pilot Point has mild winters and hot summers. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Pilot Point | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 20% of residents (13% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (38% statewide). Pilot Point has grown 84% since 2020, to 8,052 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Pilot Point | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 35.7 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 23% | 29% |
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.4 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Pilot Point | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.7% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.1% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.8% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.9% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.2% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 20.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 28% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.5% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The typical value, about $319K, is 14% below its August 2022 peak.
Typical home values fell 5.5% in the year to September 2026.
| Pilot Point | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,430 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 69% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pilot Point City Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pilot Point. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Stadium
31 mi MuseumSouthfork Ranch
40 mi MuseumGeorge W. Bush Presidential Center
37 mi LakeLake TexomaUniversal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Southfork Ranch: Sf46 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · George W. Bush Presidential Center: Shannon McGee from Huntsville, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Texoma: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Pilot Point; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Pilot Point residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Where Pilot Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 notable people were born in Pilot Point.
City in Texas, United States
Pilot Point is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,856 at the 2010 census, increasing to 4,381 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Pilot Point.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Point | #99 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Celina | #50 | A− | D | B+ | A | A |
| Aubrey | #288 | C | D | C | B | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Pilot Point grades B+ overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #99 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
4 notable people were born here, including Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe and Frederick Edgar Ferguson.
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