Bellevue vs Gretna

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

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

Bellevue has the higher population (64,355 vs 9,117 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median household income ($118,765 vs $87,343 in Bellevue). Gretna has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $230,800 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Gretna
Population	64,355	9,117
Median age	36.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,343	$118,765
Median home value	$230,800	$326,000
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,467
Housing units	26,274	3,294
Homeownership rate	65.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Gretna
Population	53,324 → 64,355 (+20.7%)	5,037 → 9,117 (+81.0%)
Median household income	$65,308 → $87,343 (+33.7%)	$83,103 → $118,765 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $230,800 (+55.0%)	$185,500 → $326,000 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,202 (+27.3%)	$971 → $1,467 (+51.1%)

Bellevue

Population

53,32464,355

Median household income

$65,308$87,343

Median home value

$148,900$230,800

Median gross rent

$944$1,202

Gretna

Population

5,0379,117

Median household income

$83,103$118,765

Median home value

$185,500$326,000

Median gross rent

$971$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Gretna
Under 5	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.7%
75 and over	6.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	90.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Gretna
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.2%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Gretna
Drove alone	80.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	17.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Gretna
1-unit, detached	69.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Gretna
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1980	2003