Gretna vs La Vista

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

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

La Vista has the higher population (16,594 vs 9,117 in Gretna). Gretna has the higher median household income ($118,765 vs $78,145 in La Vista). Gretna has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $244,900 in La Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	La Vista
Population	9,117	16,594
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,765	$78,145
Median home value	$326,000	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,467	$1,267
Housing units	3,294	7,293
Homeownership rate	77.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	La Vista
Population	5,037 → 9,117 (+81.0%)	17,078 → 16,594 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$83,103 → $118,765 (+42.9%)	$68,551 → $78,145 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$185,500 → $326,000 (+75.7%)	$154,300 → $244,900 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,467 (+51.1%)	$1,030 → $1,267 (+23.0%)

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

La Vista

Population

17,07816,594

Median household income

$68,551$78,145

Median home value

$154,300$244,900

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	La Vista
Under 5	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	18.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.8%
75 and over	4.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	La Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	La Vista
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	17.5%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	La Vista
Drove alone	78.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	13.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	La Vista
1-unit, detached	83.1%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	25.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	La Vista
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	2003	1992