Gretna vs Terrytown

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

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

Terrytown has the higher population (25,844 vs 17,468 in Gretna). Terrytown has the higher median household income ($56,944 vs $46,045 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $212,000 in Terrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Terrytown
Population	17,468	25,844
Median age	37.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,045	$56,944
Median home value	$242,600	$212,000
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,065
Housing units	8,258	9,794
Homeownership rate	48.6%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Terrytown
Population	17,774 → 17,468 (-1.7%)	24,953 → 25,844 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$47,244 → $46,045 (-2.5%)	$46,638 → $56,944 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $242,600 (+41.2%)	$162,700 → $212,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,017 (+15.2%)	$953 → $1,065 (+11.8%)

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

Terrytown

Population

24,95325,844

Median household income

$46,638$56,944

Median home value

$162,700$212,000

Median gross rent

$953$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Terrytown
Under 5	7.6%	11.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.3%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	26.2%
Black or African American	32.0%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	2.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Terrytown
No high school diploma	24.5%	16.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Terrytown
Drove alone	74.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	18.1%
Public transit	1.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	55.6%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	17.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Terrytown
Poverty rate	25.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1966	1977