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Gretna, LA real estate and demographic information

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Gretna zip codes70053, 70056

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POPULATION
17,338

Gretna, LA Information

GRETNA INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 17,338
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 7,642
GRETNA HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 45.25%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 45.33%
% VACANT 9.42%
TYPE OF GRETNA HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 56.18%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 11.86%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 14.22%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 16.34%
MOBILE HOMES 1.32%
OTHER 0.08%
SIZE OF GRETNA HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.47%
1 BEDROOM 24.51%
2 BEDROOMS 32.94%
3 BEDROOMS 30.84%
4 BEDROOMS 7.85%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1.39%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 2.04%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 21.83%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 60.14%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 15.99%


GRETNA REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $138,620
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $586
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$93,000 18.83%
$93,001-$186,000 55.55%
$186,001-$372,000 21.75%
$372,001-$558,000 2.60%
$558,001-$745,000 0.23%
$745,001-$931,000 0.40%
$931,001-$1,396,000 0.00%
$1,396,001-$1,860,000 0.00%
> $1,860,000 0.64%


PEOPLE OF Gretna DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 6.80%
5 TO 17 17.40%
18 TO 24 9.38%
25 TO 34 14.92%
35 TO 54 28.82%
55 TO 64 8.57%
65 YEARS AND OVER 14.10%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 70.26%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 11.02%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $28,065
PER CAPITA INCOME $15,735
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 24.19%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Retail (13.64%), Construction (10.71%), Healthcare (10.17%), Accomodation (8.31%), Manufacturing (8.07%), Education (6.41%), Other (5.61%), Administration (4.85%), Public Service (4.65%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.55%), Finance (4.39%), Transportation (4.30%), Wholesale (3.38%), Arts (2.38%), Information Technology (2.32%), Mining (2.20%), Real Estate (2.04%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 3.95%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 56.71%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 35.23%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.50%
ASIAN 3.70%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.00%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 2.26%
TWO OR MORE RACES 1.60%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 6.14%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (39.65%), Unclassified (20.03%), French (9.71%), German (7.49%), United States or American (6.01%), Italian (5.74%), Irish (2.96%)
FOREIGN BORN 6.21%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (81.55%) , Spanish (5.82%) , Vietnamese (2.15%)
About Gretna

Gretna is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 17,338 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Gretna is the 29th largest community in Louisiana.

Gretna is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gretna is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Gretna who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.15%), sales jobs (12.17%), and management occupations (6.66%).

One of the nice things about Gretna is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Despite the fact that it is a small city, Gretna has quite a few people who take public transportation - mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.

Gretna Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Gretna with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.02% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gretna in 2000 was $15,735, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,940 for a family of four.

Gretna is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gretna home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gretna is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gretna include French, German, Italian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Gretna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.

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