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Gadsden County

Population in July 2008: 1,609. Population change since 2000: -5.9%
 

Males: 777  (48.3%)
Females: 832  (51.7%)

Median resident age:  27.5 years
Florida median age:  38.7 years

Zip codes: 32332.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $30,520 (it was $24,769 in 2000)
Gretna:  $30,520
Florida:  $47,804

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $11,270
Gretna:  $11,270
Florida:  $26,696

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $95,461 (it was $38,400 in 2000)
Gretna:  $95,461
Florida:  $230,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $104,536; Detached houses: $111,561; Townhouses or other attached units: $11,644; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $97,285; Mobile homes: $40,281; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $22,500

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Races in Gretna:

  • Black (88.4%)
  • Hispanic (9.7%)
  • Other race (4.7%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (2.0%)
  • American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Gretna: 78.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Subsaharan African (1.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 301 feet

Land area: 1.88 square miles.

Population density: 854 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Gretna

  • High school or higher: 59.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.9%
  • Unemployed: 9.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Gretna city

  • Never married: 44.1%
  • Now married: 35.7%
  • Separated: 5.1%
  • Widowed: 6.0%
  • Divorced: 9.1%

116 residents are foreign born (6.3% Latin America).

This city:  6.8%
Florida:  16.7%


According to our research there were 11 registered sex offenders living in Gretna, Florida in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Gretna to the number of sex offenders is 146 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Gretna:  0.8% ($301)
Florida:  1.4% ($1,262)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tallahassee, FL (25.8 miles , pop. 150,624).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Montgomery, AL (153.9 miles , pop. 201,568).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (643.4 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Quincy, FL (2.3 miles ), Greensboro, FL (2.4 miles ), Faceville, GA (3.2 miles ), Chattahoochee, FL (3.5 miles ), Attapulgus, GA (3.7 miles ), Midway, FL (3.8 miles ), Havana, FL (3.8 miles ), Sneads, FL (4.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 1 building, cost: $93,900
  • 2005: 1 building, cost: $93,900
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 0 buildings
  • 2008: 3 buildings, average cost: $148,500

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Latitude: 30.62 N, Longitude: 84.66 W

Area code: 850

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Population change in the 1990s: -258 (-13.1%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Public administration (15%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Mining (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (32%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (17%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)



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Crime in Gretna by Year

Type 2001 2002 2004 2005
Murders 1000
    per 100,000 57.00.00.00.0
Rapes 1000
    per 100,000 57.00.00.00.0
Robberies 1404
    per 100,000 57.0223.80.0230.0
Assaults N/AN/A1215
    per 100,000 N/AN/A691.6862.6
Burglaries 1271520
    per 100,000 684.5391.7864.61150.1
Thefts 611612
    per 100,000 342.356.0922.2690.1
Auto thefts 1216
    per 100,000 57.0111.957.6345.0
Arson 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) N/AN/A240.3377.2

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  0.62
US city average:  3.00

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Gretna-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Florida state average. It is 74% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/28/1968, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 9.5 miles away from the Gretna city center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 6/27/1970, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 2.0 miles away from the city center caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.



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Hospitals/medical centers near Gretna:
  • GADSDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; QUINCY, FL)
  • FLORIDA STATE HOSP (about 8 miles; CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL)
  • FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL UNIT 14 (about 8 miles; CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Gretna:
  • TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 7,016)
  • FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 29,949)
  • FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 10,991)
  • GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN (about 55 miles; DOTHAN, AL; FT enrollment: 2,703)
  • GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; PANAMA CITY, FL; FT enrollment: 3,140)
  • ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; ALBANY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,996)
  • VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; FT enrollment: 7,157)
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Churches in Gretna include: Mount Zion Church (A), Saint Pauls Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Gretna and their reported violations in the past:

V STOP (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  3.4 people
Florida:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  79.9%
Whole state:  66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.2%
Whole state:  5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  30.6%
Whole state:  12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  10.0%
Whole state:  5.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Gretna, FL



Gretna compared to Florida state average:

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  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Gadsden County Florida:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (47%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
  • Wood (3%)
  • Utility gas (2%)


Religion statistics for Gretna

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist Church USA National Primitive Baptist ConventionPresbyterian Church (USA)Catholic Church
Adherents51.3%14.0%13.2%5.8%3.2%
Congregations24.7%11.0%23.3%5.5%2.7%
NameInternational Pentecostal Holiness ChurchAssemblies of GodEpiscopal ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsOther religions
Adherents2.5%2.2%1.3%1.2%5.4%
Congregations2.7%9.6%2.7%1.4%16.4%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 3$7,791$31,1640$0
Other Government Administration 0$0 7$8,546
Police Protection - Officers 2$4,539$27,2346$5,105
Solid Waste Management 3$4,928$19,7120$0
Sewerage 1$2,834$34,0080$0
Water Supply 4$9,290$27,8700$0
Totals for Government 13$29,382$27,12213$13,651



6.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,187 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.83%
Florida average:  8.71%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Leon County, FL  3.46% ($32,147 average AGI)
from Jackson County, FL  0.24% ($21,974)
from Decatur County, GA  0.22% ($28,743)


6.78% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,589 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.78%
Florida average:  7.73%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Leon County, FL  3.55% ($29,564 average AGI)
to Jackson County, FL  0.27% ($30,750)
to Decatur County, GA  0.22% ($26,167)


Strongest AM radio stations in Gretna:
  • WTCL (1580 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL; Owner: METZ, INC.)
  • WWSD (1230 AM; 1 kW; QUINCY, FL; Owner: TUFF-STARR JAM COMMUNICATION, INC.)
  • WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
  • WFRF (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FAITH RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WMGR (930 AM; 5 kW; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: DECATUR BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WYBT (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; BLOUNTSTOWN, FL; Owner: BLOUNTSTOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WNLS (1270 AM; 5 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WCVC (1330 AM; daytime; 5 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL)
  • WHBT (1410 AM; 5 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL)
  • WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
  • WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
  • WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Gretna:
  • WGWD (93.3 FM; GRETNA, FL; Owner: DE-COL INCORPORATED)
  • WBWT (100.7 FM; MIDWAY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WZND (105.3 FM; HEADLAND, AL; Owner: GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWLD (102.3 FM; CAIRO, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WFSQ (91.5 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WHTF (104.9 FM; HAVANA, FL; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WRAK-FM (97.3 FM; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTNT-FM (94.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTLY (107.1 FM; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WPAP-FM (92.5 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WGLF (104.1 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WKVH (91.9 FM; MONTICELLO, FL; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • WBZE (98.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WFSU-FM (88.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WFSY (98.5 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WXSR (101.5 FM; QUINCY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WEGT (99.9 FM; LAFAYETTE, FL; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WAIB (103.1 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WBGE (101.9 FM; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: JOHN H. WIGGINS)
  • W250AF (97.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Gretna:
  • WTLH (Channel 49; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
  • WFSU-TV (Channel 11; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WTXL-TV (Channel 27; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: MEDIA VENTURE MANAGEMENT, INC.)
  • WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WVUP-CA (Channel 45; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION CORPORATION, INC.)
  • WTBC-LP (Channel 65; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.)
  • WMBB (Channel 13; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WABW-TV (Channel 14; PELHAM, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • W35BN (Channel 35; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: DEEPAK VISWANATH)
  • WBXT-CA (Channel 56; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
  • W21BK (Channel 21; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: JOSEPH W. SHAFFER)
  • WWWF-LP (Channel 47; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Gretna, Florida:
  • Fatal accident count: 9
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 12
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
  • Fatalities: 11
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 25
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
Florida average:
  • Fatal accident count: 153
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 235
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 51
  • Fatalities: 166
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 411
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 26
See more detailed statistics of Gretna fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here


FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1
  • Bonnie K Clark, Eddie Blake Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m, , Licensee ID: L01050823
    Registrant: Stc Two LLC, 6391 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66251, Phone: (877) 265-6872, Email:

FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 3
  • 523 Hogan Ln, Type: Tower, Structure height: 97 m, Call Sign: WPJP245
    Assigned Frequencies : 929.662 MHz
    Grant Date: 08/15/1996, Expiration Date: 08/15/2006, Cancelation Date: 03/27/2001, Certifier: Charles Sadler
    Registrant: O Connor & Hannan LLP, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 800, Washington, DC 20006, Fax: (202) 466-2198
  • 523 Hogan Ln, Type: Tower, Structure height: 97 m, Call Sign: WPJP248
    Assigned Frequencies : 929.712 MHz
    Grant Date: 08/15/1996, Expiration Date: 08/15/2006, Cancelation Date: 03/27/2001, Certifier: Charles Sadler
    Registrant: O Connor & Hannan L L P, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 800, Washington, DC 20006, Fax: (202) 466-2198
  • 523 Hogan Ln, Type: Tower, Structure height: 97 m, Call Sign: WPKQ254
    Assigned Frequencies : 929.762 MHz
    Grant Date: 06/05/1997, Expiration Date: 06/05/2007, Cancelation Date: 11/10/2004, Certifier: Stan F Sech
    Registrant: Venable LLP, 575 7th Street Nw, Washington, DC 20004, Phone: (202) 344-4653, Fax: (202) 344-8300, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Rr Milepost Sp 830.8 2.3 Mi Nw, Call Sign: KBL217
    Assigned Frequencies : 160.590 MHz, 161.100 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/16/2002, Expiration Date: 04/09/2012
    Registrant: Csx Transportation Inc. J958, 4th Floor, 6375 Southpoint Drive South, Jacksonville, FL 32216, Phone: (904) 332-5963, Fax: (904) 332-6086, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • TelogiaCreek JA54008, Eddie Blake Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m, Call Sign: WPYC664, Licensee ID: L00152704
    Assigned Frequencies : 19425.0 MHz, 19405.0 MHz
    Grant Date: 07/21/2003, Expiration Date: 07/21/2013, Certifier: Toni A Defreece
    Registrant: Sprint Spectrum L.P., 2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191, Phone: (703) 433-4000, Fax: (703) 433-4142

FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1
  • 1.5 Miles South Of Quincy, Call Sign: KNKF817
    Assigned Frequencies : 931.487 MHz
    Grant Date: 01/30/2009, Expiration Date: 06/15/2018, Certifier: J. Roy Pottle
    Registrant: American Messaging Services, LLC, 1720 Lakepointe Drive, #100, Lewisville, TX 75057, Phone: (214) 222-6460, Fax: (972) 353-1912, Email:


FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1
  • Aircraft: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 963CD , Serial Number: 1470, Year manufactured: 2005, Airworthiness Date: 06/08/2005
    Registrant (Individual): Johnny L Walker, 99 Hobley Ave, Gretna, FL 32332



Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED1$61,2401$61,2901$138,5500$01$58,700
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$00$00$00$00$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$02$104,4051$46,8501$34,900
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$01$102,0800$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0203.00

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HMDA - Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 3
  • Hazardous Condition: 1

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