Photo: Renegomezphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Pilot Point (6.3%) is higher than in 77% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Pilot Point is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns. About one in ten work in Pilot Point; the top destination outside it is Denton (11%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pilot Point, in a few figures
Pilot Point makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Pilot Point are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pilot Point residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Pilot Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pilot Point has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pilot Point went from 1,168 in 2013 to 1,607 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Pilot Point gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Pilot Point’s grade up ($97,933, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pilot Point could be anywhere from C to A.
49% of the jobs in Pilot Point make or build things
1,607 jobs are based in Pilot Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pilot Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,168 → 1,607. 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 Pilot Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Pilot Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pilot Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,812 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Pilot Point quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,162 residents head out to work, 248 work right here, and 1,359 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Pilot Point on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Pilot Point work
Where Pilot Point clocks in
11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pilot Point
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.
Pilot Point is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,267 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Pilot Point households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pilot Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pilot Point next to U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900: 1,439th of 3,049 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,437 | Sellersburg IN | 10,305 | $72K | 6.9% | 5.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,438 | Warwick NY | 6,534 | $90K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 12% | B |
| 1,439 | Pilot Point TX | 8,052 | $98K | 8.5% | 6.3% | 10% | B |
| 1,440 | Wilson NY | 5,727 | $89K | 8.7% | 3.3% | 11% | B |
| 1,441 | St. Augustine Shores FL | 9,462 | $74K | 5.0% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Pilot Point, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Pilot Point
The biggest share goes to Aubrey (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pilot Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Point | – | B | C | 33 min | $97,933 |
| Celina | under 2% | A+ | D | 33 min | $170,894 |
| Aubrey | 2% | A | C− | 34 min | $101,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pilot Point’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 Pilot Point: questions
What is the median household income in Pilot Point?
$97,933 (±$36,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pilot Point?
8.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pilot Point?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pilot Point work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denton (11%, 16 mi), Dallas (11%, 43 mi), Plano (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pilot Point walkable?
Pilot Point is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pilot Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pilot Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pilot Point
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.