Gretna vs Timberlane

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

Gretna and Timberlane 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 11,169 in Timberlane). Timberlane has the higher median household income ($66,170 vs $46,045 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $209,200 in Timberlane).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Timberlane
Population	17,468	11,169
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,045	$66,170
Median home value	$242,600	$209,200
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,410
Housing units	8,258	3,869
Homeownership rate	48.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Timberlane
Population	17,774 → 17,468 (-1.7%)	9,950 → 11,169 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$47,244 → $46,045 (-2.5%)	$54,702 → $66,170 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $242,600 (+41.2%)	$162,500 → $209,200 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,017 (+15.2%)	$1,075 → $1,410 (+31.2%)

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

Timberlane

Population

9,95011,169

Median household income

$54,702$66,170

Median home value

$162,500$209,200

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Timberlane
Under 5	7.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Timberlane
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	31.2%
Black or African American	32.0%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Timberlane
No high school diploma	24.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	28.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Timberlane
Drove alone	74.4%	91.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	4.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Timberlane
1-unit, detached	55.6%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	15.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Timberlane
Poverty rate	25.0%	21.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1966	1978