Gretna vs Offutt AFB

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

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

Gretna has the higher population (9,117 vs 5,663 in Offutt AFB). Gretna has the higher median household income ($118,765 vs $67,803 in Offutt AFB). Since 2019, Gretna's population has grown faster (+81.0% vs +12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
Population	9,117	5,663
Median age	34.5 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,765	$67,803
Median home value	$326,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,467	$1,549
Housing units	3,294	1,985
Homeownership rate	77.1%	0.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
Population	5,037 → 9,117 (+81.0%)	5,048 → 5,663 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$83,103 → $118,765 (+42.9%)	$56,375 → $67,803 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$185,500 → $326,000 (+75.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,467 (+51.1%)	$1,294 → $1,549 (+19.7%)

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

Offutt AFB

Population

5,0485,663

Median household income

$56,375$67,803

Median gross rent

$1,294$1,549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
Under 5	7.6%	14.5%
5 to 17	23.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	17.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	26.4%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	4.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	2.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	0.8%
75 and over	4.3%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	14.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	17.5%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
Drove alone	78.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
1-unit, detached	83.1%	3.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	77.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gretna	Offutt AFB
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.83	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2003	1995