Gretna vs Havana

A side-by-side comparison of Gretna and Havana: population, income, housing, and more.

Gretna and Havana are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Havana has the higher population (2,340 vs 1,405 in Gretna). Havana has the higher median household income ($54,153 vs $38,214 in Gretna). Havana has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $105,600 in Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Havana
Population	1,405	2,340
Median age	43.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,214	$54,153
Median home value	$105,600	$185,800
Median gross rent	$636	$818
Housing units	616	1,093
Homeownership rate	51.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Havana
Population	1,025 → 1,405 (+37.1%)	1,886 → 2,340 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$24,814 → $38,214 (+54.0%)	$38,875 → $54,153 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $105,600 (+32.5%)	$117,400 → $185,800 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $636 (+3.9%)	$683 → $818 (+19.8%)

Gretna

Population

1,0251,405

Median household income

$24,814$38,214

Median home value

$79,700$105,600

Median gross rent

$612$636

Havana

Population

1,8862,340

Median household income

$38,875$54,153

Median home value

$117,400$185,800

Median gross rent

$683$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Havana
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.8%
75 and over	7.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Havana
White (non-Hispanic)	6.8%	32.3%
Black or African American	72.6%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Havana
No high school diploma	36.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Havana
Drove alone	87.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Havana
1-unit, detached	50.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Havana
Poverty rate	24.7%	25.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1968	1978