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 →

Jourdanton$1,550/mo

Typical home $235K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $1,095/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Pilot Point and Jourdanton.

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 13 of 20 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 –JourdantonNot graded

Schools

B+Pilot PointBetter than 67% of districts in the state B+JourdantonBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Health

B+Pilot PointHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns C−JourdantonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

13Pilot Point

6Jourdanton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #554#62 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#339 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #203#535 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #168#484 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #181#454 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #261#470 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #436#228 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #14#182

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 PointJourdanton

Snow a year3″0″

January low32°F —

July high94°F —

Growing season (days)242d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 8th

Outdoors & history

Pilot PointJourdanton

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.6%0.4%

Settled—1909

National Register places1 1

Community

Pilot PointJourdanton

Library hours a week39 hrs 43 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

324 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pilot PointTX JourdantonTX

Pilot Point ↔ Jourdanton324 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 PointJourdanton

People

Population 5,332Highest 4,407Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.6%Highest TX: +15.9% +5.8%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.7±12Lowest about the TX average 36.4±4.6Highest about the TX average

Jourdanton 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% 29.1%±7.7Highest TX: 25%

Jourdanton 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% 10.6%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 21.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±5.9Highest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±2.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

Pilot Point and Jourdanton 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 $83,512±$14kLowest 6% above TX

Pilot Point and Jourdanton 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 $171,000±$84kLowest 40% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,430±$172Highest about the TX average $1,095±$141Lowest 22% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,800Highest 10% below TX $2,824Lowest 33% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 24.8%±17.1Lowest TX: 51.7% 57.9%±21.5Highest TX: 51.7%

Jourdanton 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%Lowest TX: 13.8% 14.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 75.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1997Highest 5 yrs newer than TX 1992Lowest same as TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 22% above TX 18 minLowest 34% below TX

Work from home 20.1%±9.4Highest TX: 14.4% 10.3%±5.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 10.3%Lowest 12.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miLowest 38.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Lowest 1.12Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Denton (11%)San Antonio (28%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 54.6Lowest 72.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #210 of 583 in TX #151 of 583 in TX

School district PILOT POINT ISDCHARLOTTE ISD · DEVINE ISD

High school in town Pilot Point H SJourdanton H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.0Highest 12.3Lowest

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 Jourdanton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Pilot Point

Pilot Point places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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