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Gretna city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Gretna city is a Census city of 17,389 people across 4.04 square miles of land, in Jefferson Parish. Median household income is $43,110, 48.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $14.9 m.
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Gretna
What Gretna is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.04 sq mi
- Water area0.46 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,309
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gretna
How many people live in Gretna
- Population17,389
- Median age38.3
- Population under 183,903
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over2,846
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent
- Households7,544
- Family households3,607
- Share of households that are families47.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gretna
Income and work in Gretna
- Median household income$43,110
- Per capita income$29,607
- Civilian labor force7,869
- Employed7,373
- Unemployed496 plus or minus 179
- Unemployment rate6.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over12,042
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher75.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gretna
Housing in Gretna
- Housing units8,352
- Occupied units7,544
- Vacant units808 plus or minus 190
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied3,681
- Renter occupied3,863
- Ownership rate48.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$257,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,060
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.5 percent
- Single family units5,280
- Share single family63.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,895
- Share in buildings of two or more34.7 percent
- Mobile homes177 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gretna
How Gretna gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,603
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,513
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,437
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.9 percent
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home7.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gretna
SBA loans in Gretna (7(a))
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$14,882,400
- Average approval$595,296
- Median approval$196,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,787,000
- Largest approval$4,908,000
- Jobs supported343
- Jobs per approval13.7
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.0 percent
- Share to franchises12.0 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gretna
SBA loans in Gretna (504)
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$6,521,000
- Average approval$724,556
- Median approval$523,000
- Largest approval$1,827,000
- Jobs supported66
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson Parish, not Gretna
Jefferson Parish context, not Gretna figures
These are Jefferson Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gretna measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson Parish11,728
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson Parish177,065
- Covered employment, Jefferson Parish184,764
- Average annual pay, Jefferson Parish$63,803
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson Parish$1,227
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson Parish501
- Of those, single family, Jefferson Parish459
- County product, 2024, Jefferson Parish$31,829,666,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson Parish4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson Parish$56,944
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Gretna. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Gretna questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gretna, Louisiana?
17,389, in 7,544 households. Gretna city covers 4.04 square miles of land, which is 4,309 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gretna in?
Jefferson Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gretna?
$43,110. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $257,400. Median gross rent is $1,060 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gretna businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $14.9 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $196,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $6.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gretna, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gretna borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gretna. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Gretna figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gretna.
Is zoning published for Gretna?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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