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. Pilot Point has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Pilot Point, where the median household income is $97,933.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pilot Point is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.70% of the Pilot Point workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 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. One downside of living in Pilot Point, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.25 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Pilot Point doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Pilot Point citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.28% of adults in Pilot Point have at least a bachelor's 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. In addition, Pilot Point has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.32%). The most common language spoken in Pilot Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
