Gretna is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,284 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gretna is the 259th largest community in Virginia.Gretna is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gretna is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gretna who work in office and administrative support (16.04%), healthcare suport services (15.57%), and the sciences (15.09%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Gretna has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Gretna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.45% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gretna has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gretna a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Gretna doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Gretna is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.88% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Gretna in 2022 was $23,758, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,032 for a family of four. However, Gretna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gretna also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.94% 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, Scots-Irish, and African. The most common language spoken in Gretna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
