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Gretna, VA

1,275 Population
1.7 square miles 763.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.6 ±10.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 45.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,758 ±$3,288 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Danville, VA Micro Area: $29,107 ±$1,052
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$36,023 ±$12,424 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Danville, VA Micro Area: $48,994 ±$2,039
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

35.9% ±12.9% (427  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 19.1% 18,968 (±1.5% / ±1,487)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

18.1 minutes ±10.1 (6,345  ±2,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 24.5 936,980 (±0.8 / ±42,664)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

609 ±122 Number of households
  • the Danville, VA Micro Area: 43,265 ±661
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2 ±0.3 (1,188  ±293) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 2.3 99,445 (±0 / ±50)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

1.8% ±2.5% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,098 (±1.2% / ±239)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

707 ±130 Number of housing units
  • the Danville, VA Micro Area: 51,777 ±66
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$140,900 ±$10,415 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Danville, VA Micro Area: $138,800 ±$4,604
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

11.5% ±8.1% (146  ±108) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 9.8% † 9,916 (±1.1% / ±1,117.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

73.1% ±21.3% (727  ±144.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 85.5% 63,360 (±2.3% / ±1,719.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
12.9% ±5.7% (128  ±62.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 16.6% 12,271 (±1.1% / ±794.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% ±4.2% (43  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 2.6% 2,662
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

4.1% ±3.1% (44  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 8.2% 6,687 (±0.6% / ±469)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
44 Total veterans ±35 22 Male ±16 22 Female ±31

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