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.
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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.07% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
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 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.
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.