Gretna vs Midway

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

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

Midway has the higher population (3,504 vs 1,405 in Gretna). Midway has the higher median household income ($61,048 vs $38,214 in Gretna). Midway has the higher median home value ($212,400 vs $105,600 in Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Midway
Population	1,405	3,504
Median age	43.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,214	$61,048
Median home value	$105,600	$212,400
Median gross rent	$636	$1,002
Housing units	616	1,291
Homeownership rate	51.4%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Midway
Population	1,025 → 1,405 (+37.1%)	3,221 → 3,504 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$24,814 → $38,214 (+54.0%)	$59,625 → $61,048 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $105,600 (+32.5%)	$147,700 → $212,400 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $636 (+3.9%)	$959 → $1,002 (+4.5%)

Gretna

Population

1,0251,405

Median household income

$24,814$38,214

Median home value

$79,700$105,600

Median gross rent

$612$636

Midway

Population

3,2213,504

Median household income

$59,625$61,048

Median home value

$147,700$212,400

Median gross rent

$959$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Midway
Under 5	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	28.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	18.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.3%
75 and over	7.3%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	6.8%	3.3%
Black or African American	72.6%	89.0%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Midway
No high school diploma	36.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Midway
Drove alone	87.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Midway
1-unit, detached	50.6%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Midway
Poverty rate	24.7%	18.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1968	2004