Chalco vs Gretna

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

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

Chalco has the higher population (10,625 vs 9,117 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median household income ($118,765 vs $81,427 in Chalco). Gretna has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $224,400 in Chalco).

Population, income & housing

	Chalco	Gretna
Population	10,625	9,117
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,427	$118,765
Median home value	$224,400	$326,000
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,467
Housing units	4,359	3,294
Homeownership rate	72.6%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalco	Gretna
Population	10,952 → 10,625 (-3.0%)	5,037 → 9,117 (+81.0%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $81,427 (+0.7%)	$83,103 → $118,765 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $224,400 (+46.6%)	$185,500 → $326,000 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,103 (+28.9%)	$971 → $1,467 (+51.1%)

Chalco

Population

10,95210,625

Median household income

$80,896$81,427

Median home value

$153,100$224,400

Median gross rent

$856$1,103

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)

	Chalco	Gretna
Under 5	5.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	5.7%
75 and over	2.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalco	Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalco	Gretna
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalco	Gretna
Drove alone	85.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	17.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalco	Gretna
1-unit, detached	75.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	15.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Chalco	Gretna
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1989	2003