Olivarez has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Olivarez C; getting around on foot earns it D−. 114 jobs are based in Olivarez, against 1,511 working residents. Hardly any work in Olivarez; the top destination outside it is Weslaco (18%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Olivarez at work: what stands out
Olivarez is a place people come home to
There are 114 jobs based in Olivarez, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Olivarez and Weslaco trade workers both ways
Weslaco is the top workplace for Olivarez residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Olivarez come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Olivarez workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Olivarez’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Olivarez
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olivarez is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #437 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Olivarez’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olivarez could be anywhere from D to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Olivarez
On a workday 1,505 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Olivarez on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Olivarez work
Where Olivarez clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Olivarez works in goods: 35% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olivarez, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 114. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olivarez’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Olivarez
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olivarez workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,640 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Olivarez commutes
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Olivarez, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olivarez is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #634 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Olivarez near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,817 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Olivarez households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olivarez’s commuters take a bus or train.
Olivarez is 2,535th of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,533 | Clintonville WI | 4,499 | $53K | 16.7% | 3.3% | 29% | C |
| 2,534 | Pensacola Station FL | 5,281 | $72K | 20.8% | 2.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,535 | Olivarez TX | 6,326 | $65K | 19.2% | 6.8% | <1% | C |
| 2,536 | Eureka IL | 5,129 | $56K | 10.8% | 7.7% | 18% | C |
| 2,537 | Chester IL | 6,847 | $81K | 21.7% | 4.7% | 24% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Olivarez, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Olivarez
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Olivarez’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Olivarez: questions
What is the median household income in Olivarez?
$64,599 (±$28,483) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olivarez?
19.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olivarez?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olivarez work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weslaco (18%, 5 mi), McAllen (13%, 16 mi), Edinburg (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olivarez walkable?
Olivarez is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olivarez without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olivarez, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olivarez
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.