A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Burnet$2,570/mo

Typical home $403K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,019/mo · Housing →

Pilot Point$2,030/mo

Typical home $321K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $1,430/mo · Housing →

The difference: $540 a month, about $6,500 a year, between Burnet and Pilot Point.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Pilot Point places higher on 12 of 21 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

A−BurnetSafer than 78% of U.S. towns A−Pilot PointSafer than 76% of U.S. towns

Schools

BBurnetBetter than 55% of districts in the state B+Pilot PointBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

C+BurnetHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns B+Pilot PointHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns

7Burnet

12Pilot Point

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #107#384 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #199#426 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #476#256 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #288#92 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #315#480 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #309#122 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #369#554 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #179#41

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Burnet’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BurnetPilot Point

Snow a year0″3″

January low34°F 32°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)243d 242d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 26th

Outdoors & history

BurnetPilot Point

Trails10 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.8%0.6%

Settled1852 —

National Register places1 1

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

BurnetPilot Point

Library hours a week29 hrs 39 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

198 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BurnetTX Pilot PointTX

Burnet ↔ Pilot Point198 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

BurnetPilot Point

People

Population 6,732Highest 5,332Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.5%Lowest TX: +15.9% +13.6%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 40.4±2.5Highest 13% above TX 35.7±12Lowest about the TX average

Burnet and Pilot Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 17.6%±4.4Lowest TX: 25% 21.6%±6.3Highest TX: 25%

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.7%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 20.1%±5.7Highest TX: 13.4%

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 24.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±2.4Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.5%±5.9Highest TX: 6.2%

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,587±$13kLowest 12% above TX $97,933±$36kHighest 25% above TX

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $277,400±$49kLowest about the TX average $292,500±$26kHighest 3% above TX

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,019±$365Lowest 27% below TX $1,430±$172Highest about the TX average

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,755Lowest 11% below TX $3,800Highest 10% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.1%±11.9Highest TX: 51.7% 24.8%±17.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest TX: 13.8% 8.5%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.3%Highest TX: 62.6% 74.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than TX 1997Highest 5 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 33 minHighest 22% above TX

Work from home 9.8%±4.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 20.1%±9.4Highest TX: 14.4%

Pilot Point and Burnet are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 12.9%Highest 10.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 37.3 miHighest 25.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.03Highest 0.67Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (16%)Denton (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pilot PointFew work in Burnet

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.8%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 10.1 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.0Lowest 54.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #278 of 583 in TX #210 of 583 in TX

School district BURNET CISDPILOT POINT ISD

High school in town Burnet H SPilot Point H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Highest 13.0Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Burnet vs Pilot Point

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $540 more a month in Burnet

Pilot Point places higher on 12 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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