Gretna vs Woodmere

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

Gretna and Woodmere 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 11,775 in Woodmere). Woodmere has the higher median household income ($73,615 vs $46,045 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $187,000 in Woodmere).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Woodmere
Population	17,468	11,775
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,045	$73,615
Median home value	$242,600	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,374
Housing units	8,258	4,299
Homeownership rate	48.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Woodmere
Population	17,774 → 17,468 (-1.7%)	10,173 → 11,775 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$47,244 → $46,045 (-2.5%)	$54,363 → $73,615 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $242,600 (+41.2%)	$133,200 → $187,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,017 (+15.2%)	$1,088 → $1,374 (+26.3%)

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

Woodmere

Population

10,17311,775

Median household income

$54,363$73,615

Median home value

$133,200$187,000

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Woodmere
Under 5	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.0%
75 and over	7.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Woodmere
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	6.0%
Black or African American	32.0%	80.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Woodmere
No high school diploma	24.5%	19.4%
High school graduate	28.0%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Woodmere
Drove alone	74.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	13.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.1%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Woodmere
1-unit, detached	55.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Woodmere
Poverty rate	25.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1966	1982