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Gretna, LA

17,468 Population
4 square miles 4,328.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,250 ±$2,777 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $37,547 ±$464
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$46,045 ±$9,345 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,271 ±$1,005
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

25% ±4.8% (4,084  ±788) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.3% 177,337 (±0.6% / ±5,312)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

24.1 minutes ±3.1 (160,130  ±25,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.5 9,996,485 (±0.3 / ±152,754)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

7,415 ±468 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 397,029 ±1,760
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.2 ±0.1 (16,321  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 970,389 (±0 / ±355)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

6.8% ±2.2% (284  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 12,473 (±0.4% / ±974)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

8,258 ±477 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 463,532 ±245
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$242,600 ±$21,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $248,000 ±$2,229
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

17.5% ±3.5% (3,017  ±596.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.3% 110,457 (±0.4% / ±4,309.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

75.5% ±5.1% (9,080  ±697.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.5% 606,045 (±0.9% / ±6,015.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
26% ±3.2% (3,126  ±399) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.1% 228,937 (±0.5% / ±3,549.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

18.4% ±4.5% (3,218  ±783) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.5% 93,444
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

3.6% ±0.8% (489  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 40,344 (±0.2% / ±1,427)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
489 Total veterans ±110 465 Male ±110 24 Female ±21

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