Work & commute · Gretna

Work & commute in Gretna, FL

Most working residents leave Gretna for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tallahassee (38%), Quincy (12%) and Chattahoochee (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 461 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 457 Gretna residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gretna.

457live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gretna goes to work

Tallahassee28.6 mi away

38%175

Quincy7.5 mi away

12%55

Chattahoochee10.9 mi away

6%28

Midway14.9 mi away

2%11

Jacksonville182.4 mi away

2%11

Havana18 mi away

2%7

Gretna (in town)right here

1%4

Gainesville154.4 mi away

1%4

Lakeland240.8 mi away

1%3

Bainbridge, GA23.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%160

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Gretna commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

30%

29%

19%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gretna is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gretna are

57 jobs are based in Gretna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gretna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gretna

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Gretna residents hold

461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+10%

Jobs based in Gretna, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 57. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.