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Population (year 2000): 1,257. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,222 (-2.8% change)
Males: 535 (42.6%), Females: 722 (57.4%)
Pittsylvania County
Zip code:
24557
Median resident age: 50.0 years
Median household income: $23,710 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,700 (year 2000)
Races in Gretna:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.4%)
- Black (38.9%)
Ancestries: United States (15.0%), English
(11.8%), German (4.6%), Irish (3.9%), French (1.8%),
Scotch-Irish (1.7%).
Elevation: 844 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gretna
- High school or higher: 67.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gretna town
- Never married: 24.6%
- Now married: 46.9%
- Separated: 4.0%
- Widowed: 14.6%
- Divorced: 9.9%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -190 (-13.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gretna:
- DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles;
DANVILLE, VA)
- SOUTH VIRGINIA MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (about 27
miles; DANVILLE, VA)
- CARILION BEDFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles;
BEDFORD, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gretna:
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 27 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- LYNCHBURG REGIONAL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (about 28
miles; LYNCHBURG, VA; ID: LYH)
- ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 49 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gretna:
- SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (about 19 miles; MONETA, VA; ID:
W91)
- NEW LONDON (about 22 miles; FOREST, VA; ID: W90)
- BROOKNEAL/CAMPBELL COUNTY (about 28 miles;
BROOKNEAL, VA; ID: 0V4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gretna:
- LIBERTY UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; LYNCHBURG, VA;
Full-time enrollment: 5,348)
- VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; FT enrollment: 3,535)
- NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 55 miles; SALEM,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
- ELON COLLEGE (about 56 miles; ELON, NC; FT
enrollment: 3,993)
- WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles;
LEXINGTON, VA; FT enrollment: 2,063)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about
65 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; FT enrollment: 22,324)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 66
miles; GREENSBORO, NC; FT enrollment: 10,868)
Public high school in Gretna:
- GRETNA SR. HIGH (Students: 697; Location: 100
GRETNA HAWK CIR; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Gretna:
- GRETNA ELEM. (Students: 695; Location: 302
FRANKLIN BLVD SOUTH; Grades: PK - 05)
- GRETNA MIDDLE (Students: 560; Location: 201
COFFEY ST.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MT. AIRY ELEM. (Students: 204; Location: 100
MT AIRY ELEMENTARY CIR; Grades: PK - 05)
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