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Gretna, VA

1,452 Population
1.7 square miles 869.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±14 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 45 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,535 ±$4,791 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Danville, VA Micro Area: $29,769 ±$782
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$33,698 ±$6,942 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Danville, VA Micro Area: $49,874 ±$1,715
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

42.2% ±16.4% (576  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 18.7% 18,533 (±1.3% / ±1,306)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±12 (7,510  ±2,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 24.4 927,360 (±0.7 / ±36,263)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

638 ±135 Number of households
  • the Danville, VA Micro Area: 44,086 ±619
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (1,365  ±340) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 2.3 99,139 (±0 / ±39)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

715 ±144 Number of housing units
  • the Danville, VA Micro Area: 51,819 ±58
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$138,800 ±$15,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Danville, VA Micro Area: $150,900 ±$4,806
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.7% ±13.1% (315  ±203.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 10.2% † 10,273 (±1.1% / ±1,130.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.8% ±22.1% (806  ±156) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 86.3% 63,736 (±2.2% / ±1,649.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.6% ±6.3% (143  ±72.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 17.5% 12,914 (±1.1% / ±826.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±4.1% (47  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 2.4% 2,486
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±3.2% (54  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Danville, VA Micro Area: 8.6% 6,994 (±0.6% / ±469)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
54 Total veterans ±38 25 Male ±15 29 Female ±38

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