Texas · Census place 4857476

Pilot Point, Texas

Pilot Point is a city in Denton County, Texas with an estimated 6,771 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 324th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,771
#324 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+53.3%
+2,355 people
Land area
7.9 sq mi
Density
858 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Pilot Point. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Pilot Point population, 2020 to 2024

Pilot Point added 2,355 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +53.3%. In the latest year it moved by +852. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Pilot Point is 44% of it.

4,41620204,63420214,91320225,91920236,7712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,382. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pilot Point covers 7.89 square miles of land, for 858 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Pilot Point is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pilot Point is in

All of Pilot Point's residents live in Denton County, which had 1,045,120 residents in 2024. Pilot Point holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pilot Point

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pilot Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76258. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Pilot Point is

The Census internal point of Pilot Point is at 33.398300, -96.955500. Austin, the capital, is 220.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aubrey, TX (8,843 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 16.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.398300, -96.955500
DMS
33°23'53.88"N 96°57'19.80"W
UTM
14N 690141.9E 3697311.8N
Geohash
9vgjcxzpj
Plus code
865592XV+8Q

Daylight in Pilot Point

At 33.40° N, Pilot Point gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pilot Point

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Tioga, 5.6 miles away, with 1,288 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pilot Point, TX?

6,771 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,355 (53.3%) from 4,416 in July 2020.

What county is Pilot Point in?

Denton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pilot Point?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76258.

How far is Pilot Point from Austin?

220.7 miles (355.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Pilot Point.

What is the nearest larger city to Pilot Point?

Aubrey, TX, with 8,843 residents, 6.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.