It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gretna has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gretna has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gretna than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gretna may be for you.
Being a small town, Gretna does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Gretna are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.69% of adults in Gretna have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Gretna in 2022 was $21,884, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,536 for a family of four. Gretna also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.37% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Gretna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gretna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gretna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gretna include English, German, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Gretna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
