Wolf Trap is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wolf Trap had a population of 16,496. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is located in the CDP.
Geography
Wolf Trap is located in northern Fairfax County at (38.933477, −77.276510). It is bordered by McLean to the northeast, Tysons Corner to the southeast, Vienna to the south, Oakton to the southwest, Reston to the west, and the community of Great Falls to the north. The Dulles Toll Road crosses the center of the CDP, with access from Exits 15 (Wolftrap Park) and 16 (Virginia State Route 7). The Toll Road leads west to Washington Dulles International Airport; downtown Washington, D.C. is to the east via the Toll Road and Interstate 66. Virginia Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) forms the northern border of the CDP; the highway leads northwest to Leesburg.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wolf Trap CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.54%, is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Wolf Trap CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|11,822
|12,684
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,105
|84.44%
|78.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67.32%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|245
|261
|style='background: #ffffe6; |287
|1.75%
|1.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.74%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|16
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.11%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1,170
|2,047
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,126
|8.36%
|12.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.95%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|32
|34
|style='background: #ffffe6; |116
|0.23%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|348
|427
|style='background: #ffffe6; |926
|2.49%
|2.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.61%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|368
|655
|style='background: #ffffe6; |930
|2.63%
|4.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.64%
|-
|Total
|14,001
|16,131
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,496
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Wolf Trap had a population of 16,496. The median age was 45.1 years. 25.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.7 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 5,285 households in Wolf Trap, of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 80.7% were married-couple households, 5.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 12.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 9.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.