Gretna vs River Ridge

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

Gretna and River Ridge 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 13,170 in River Ridge). River Ridge has the higher median household income ($84,464 vs $46,045 in Gretna). River Ridge has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $242,600 in Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	River Ridge
Population	17,468	13,170
Median age	37.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,045	$84,464
Median home value	$242,600	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,067
Housing units	8,258	6,224
Homeownership rate	48.6%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	River Ridge
Population	17,774 → 17,468 (-1.7%)	13,337 → 13,170 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$47,244 → $46,045 (-2.5%)	$69,929 → $84,464 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $242,600 (+41.2%)	$265,300 → $330,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,017 (+15.2%)	$927 → $1,067 (+15.1%)

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

River Ridge

Population

13,33713,170

Median household income

$69,929$84,464

Median home value

$265,300$330,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	River Ridge
Under 5	7.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.0%
75 and over	7.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	River Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	76.9%
Black or African American	32.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	River Ridge
No high school diploma	24.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	28.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	River Ridge
Drove alone	74.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	11.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.6%
Other means	0.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	River Ridge
1-unit, detached	55.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	River Ridge
Poverty rate	25.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1966	1971