Pilot Point is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,771 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pilot Point is the 419th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Pilot Point, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Pilot Point, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Pilot Point’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Pilot Point does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $97,933.00.Pilot Point is a blue-collar town, with 40.70% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Pilot Point is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pilot Point who work in office and administrative support (13.57%), management occupations (10.98%), and teaching (6.63%). Also of interest is that Pilot Point has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Pilot Point telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.07% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Pilot Point, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Pilot Point is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Pilot Point are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.28% of adults in Pilot Point having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pilot Point in 2022 was $37,429, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,716 for a family of four. However, Pilot Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pilot Point is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pilot Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pilot Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pilot Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pilot Point include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French. Foreign born people are also an important part of Pilot Point's cultural character, accounting for 18.32% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Pilot Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
