Olivet is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

and an

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in Hardin County,

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, that is treated as a

(CDP) for the 2010 U.S. census. Olivet is located immediately east of

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and is served by Tennessee State Route 203 and Tennessee State Route 226. The population of the CDP was 1,401 as of the 2020 census. The community was named after the

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Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were 1,441 people, 624 housing units, and 513 families in the CDP. The racial makeup was 92.3%

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, 2.2%

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, 0.7% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.9% from some other race, and 2.9% from two or more races. The ancestry was 14.4% English, 10.6%

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, 5.1% Irish, and 3.0% Welsh. The median age was 45.1 years old. 18.6% of the population was 65 or older, with 14.8% between the ages of 65 and 74, and 3.7% was 75 or older. 17.7% of the population were under 18, with 6.0% under 5, and 11.6% was 5 or older. The median household income was $65,739. 5.4% of the population was in poverty, with 7.0% of people under 18, 4.6% of people between 18 and 64, and 6.3% of people over 65 were in poverty.

References

Census-designated places in Hardin County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{HardinCountyTN-geo-stub