Gretna vs Harvey

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

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

Harvey has the higher population (21,710 vs 17,468 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median household income ($46,045 vs $43,524 in Harvey). Gretna has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $189,700 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Harvey
Population	17,468	21,710
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,045	$43,524
Median home value	$242,600	$189,700
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,196
Housing units	8,258	9,391
Homeownership rate	48.6%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Harvey
Population	17,774 → 17,468 (-1.7%)	21,054 → 21,710 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$47,244 → $46,045 (-2.5%)	$41,559 → $43,524 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $242,600 (+41.2%)	$139,300 → $189,700 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,017 (+15.2%)	$997 → $1,196 (+20.0%)

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

Harvey

Population

21,05421,710

Median household income

$41,559$43,524

Median home value

$139,300$189,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Harvey
Under 5	7.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.0%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Harvey
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	28.0%
Black or African American	32.0%	43.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Harvey
No high school diploma	24.5%	15.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Harvey
Drove alone	74.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.0%
Public transit	1.4%	2.9%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Harvey
1-unit, detached	55.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	14.3%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Harvey
Poverty rate	25.0%	27.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1966	1974