Olivarez is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,248 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Olivarez is located at (26.236325, -97.993523).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Olivarez first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|49
|68
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82
|2.00%
|1.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.93%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|18
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.74%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.04%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|2,377
|3,746
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,145
|97.22%
|97.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |97.58%
|-
|Total
|2,445
|3,827
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,248
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Olivarez had a population of 4,248. The median age was 28.0 years. 33.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 8.8% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males.
95.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 4.7% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,040 households in Olivarez, of which 54.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.5% were married-couple households, 13.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 11.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Portions of the community are zoned to multiple elementary schools: "Rudy" Silva, Justice Gonzales, and Mario Ybarra. Two middle schools, Beatriz Garza and Mary Hoge, serve sections of Olivarez. Weslaco High School and Weslaco East High School serve sections of Olivarez.
In addition, South Texas Independent School District operates magnet schools that serve the community.