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 →

Burnet$2,570/mo

Typical home $403K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,019/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−Pilot PointSafer than 76% of U.S. towns A−BurnetSafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

12Pilot Point

7Burnet

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

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

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 PointBurnet

Snow a year3″0″

January low32°F 34°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)242d 243d

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

Outdoors & history

Pilot PointBurnet

Trails0 mi 10 mi

Conserved land0.6%1.8%

Settled—1852

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—4

Community

Pilot PointBurnet

Library hours a week39 hrs 29 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.

Pilot PointTX BurnetTX

Pilot Point ↔ Burnet198 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 PointBurnet

People

Population 5,332Lowest 6,732Highest

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

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

Burnet 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%±6.3Highest TX: 25% 17.6%±4.4Lowest 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+ 20.1%±5.7Highest TX: 13.4% 19.7%±3.6Lowest 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+ 24.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 23.8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±5.9Highest TX: 6.2% 4.7%±2.4Lowest 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 $97,933±$36kHighest 25% above TX $87,587±$13kLowest 12% 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 $292,500±$26kHighest 3% above TX $277,400±$49kLowest 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 20.1%±9.4Highest TX: 14.4% 9.8%±4.4Lowest 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 10.3%Lowest 12.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miLowest 37.3 miHighest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 1.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 10.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 5Highest

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

Schools

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

School district PILOT POINT ISDBURNET CISD

High school in town Pilot Point H SBurnet H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.0Lowest 14.4Highest

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 Burnet

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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