Estelle vs Gretna

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

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

Gretna has the higher population (17,468 vs 16,761 in Estelle). Estelle has the higher median household income ($73,519 vs $46,045 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $199,300 in Estelle).

Population, income & housing

	Estelle	Gretna
Population	16,761	17,468
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$46,045
Median home value	$199,300	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,301	$1,017
Housing units	6,308	8,258
Homeownership rate	87.3%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estelle	Gretna
Population	17,968 → 16,761 (-6.7%)	17,774 → 17,468 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$68,051 → $73,519 (+8.0%)	$47,244 → $46,045 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$157,700 → $199,300 (+26.4%)	$171,800 → $242,600 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,174 → $1,301 (+10.8%)	$883 → $1,017 (+15.2%)

Estelle

Population

17,96816,761

Median household income

$68,051$73,519

Median home value

$157,700$199,300

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,301

Gretna

Population

17,77417,468

Median household income

$47,244$46,045

Median home value

$171,800$242,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estelle	Gretna
Under 5	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.8%
75 and over	3.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estelle	Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	44.8%	38.9%
Black or African American	27.8%	32.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estelle	Gretna
No high school diploma	19.8%	24.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estelle	Gretna
Drove alone	72.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	17.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estelle	Gretna
1-unit, detached	93.6%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Estelle	Gretna
Poverty rate	17.7%	25.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1984	1966