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%

Pilot Point$2,030/mo

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

Briar$2,490/mo

Typical home $406K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $1,234/mo · Housing →

The difference: $460 a month, about $5,500 a year, between Briar 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 11 of 17 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−Pilot PointSafer than 76% of U.S. towns –BriarNot graded

Schools

B+Pilot PointBetter than 67% of districts in the state BBriarBetter than 57% of districts in the state

Health

B+Pilot PointHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns C+BriarHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns

11Pilot Point

6Briar

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #122#469 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#566 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #377#642 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #181#312 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #384#261 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #210#321 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #436#548 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #261#153

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Pilot Point’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

Pilot PointBriar

Snow a year3″1″

January low32°F 33°F

July high94°F 95°F

Growing season (days)242d 237d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 52nd

Outdoors & history

Pilot PointBriar

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.6%0%

National Register places1 —

Community

Pilot PointBriar

Library hours a week39 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

44 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pilot PointTX BriarTX

Pilot Point ↔ Briar44 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

Pilot PointBriar

People

Population 5,332Lowest 7,228Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.6%Lowest TX: +15.9% +24.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.7±12Lowest about the TX average 38.3±2.7Highest 8% above TX

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

Kids under 18 21.6%±6.3Lowest TX: 25% 24.3%±3.4Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 20.1%±5.7Highest TX: 13.4% 13.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 23.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±5.9Highest TX: 6.2% 3.1%±3.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $97,933±$36kLowest 25% above TX $104,238±$19kHighest 33% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $292,500±$26kLowest 3% above TX $405,900±$47kHighest 43% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,430±$172Highest about the TX average $1,234±$533Lowest 12% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,800Lowest 10% below TX $4,309Highest about the TX average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 24.8%±17.1Lowest TX: 51.7% 51.8%±20.1Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 8.5%Highest TX: 13.8% 6.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 82.6%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1997Highest 5 yrs newer than TX 1996Lowest 4 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minLowest 22% above TX 39 minHighest 46% above TX

Work from home 20.1%±9.4Highest TX: 14.4% 14.3%±5.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 10.3%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Highest 0.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Denton (11%)Fort Worth (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BriarFew work in Pilot Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 2.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 54.6Highest 11.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #210 of 583 in TX #321 of 583 in TX

School district PILOT POINT ISDAZLE ISD

High school in town Pilot Point H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 13.0 —

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.

Pilot Point vs Briar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $460 more a month in Briar

Pilot Point places higher on 11 of 17 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

44 miles apart

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