Chatham vs Gretna

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

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

Chatham has the higher population (1,535 vs 1,275 in Gretna). Chatham has the higher median household income ($54,485 vs $36,023 in Gretna). Chatham has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $140,900 in Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Gretna
Population	1,535	1,275
Median age	35.7 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,485	$36,023
Median home value	$168,100	$140,900
Median gross rent	$1,028	$850
Housing units	580	707
Homeownership rate	61.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Gretna
Population	1,401 → 1,535 (+9.6%)	1,302 → 1,275 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,485 (+9.0%)	$30,841 → $36,023 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$138,400 → $168,100 (+21.5%)	$102,500 → $140,900 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,028 (+37.8%)	$623 → $850 (+36.4%)

Chatham

Population

1,4011,535

Median household income

$50,000$54,485

Median home value

$138,400$168,100

Median gross rent

$746$1,028

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)

	Chatham	Gretna
Under 5	10.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	6.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.3%
75 and over	10.3%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	59.5%
Black or African American	17.9%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Gretna
No high school diploma	8.7%	26.9%
High school graduate	23.4%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Gretna
Drove alone	88.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	17.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Gretna
1-unit, detached	84.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Gretna
Poverty rate	6.8%	35.9%
Average household size	2.68	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1959	1963