Blairs vs Gretna

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

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

Gretna has the higher population (1,275 vs 1,001 in Blairs). Blairs has the higher median household income ($47,262 vs $36,023 in Gretna). Blairs has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $140,900 in Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Blairs	Gretna
Population	1,001	1,275
Median age	36.9 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,262	$36,023
Median home value	$162,900	$140,900
Median gross rent	$721	$850
Housing units	458	707
Homeownership rate	78.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairs	Gretna
Population	592 → 1,001 (+69.1%)	1,302 → 1,275 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$57,792 → $47,262 (-18.2%)	$30,841 → $36,023 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $162,900 (+14.8%)	$102,500 → $140,900 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $721 (+7.1%)	$623 → $850 (+36.4%)

Blairs

Population

5921,001

Median household income

$57,792$47,262

Median home value

$141,900$162,900

Median gross rent

$673$721

Gretna

Population

1,3021,275

Median household income

$30,841$36,023

Median home value

$102,500$140,900

Median gross rent

$623$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairs	Gretna
Under 5	3.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.3%
75 and over	8.0%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairs	Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	59.5%
Black or African American	19.8%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairs	Gretna
No high school diploma	11.1%	26.9%
High school graduate	42.6%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairs	Gretna
Drove alone	67.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	25.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	17.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairs	Gretna
1-unit, detached	84.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Blairs	Gretna
Poverty rate	9.5%	35.9%
Average household size	2.78	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1979	1963