Wolf Trap, Virginia

Coordinates: 38°56′1″N 77°16′35″W / 38.93361°N 77.27639°W / 38.93361; -77.27639
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Wolf Trap, Virginia
FIPS code
51-87240[1]
GNIS feature ID1867602[2]

Wolf Trap is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 16,131 at the 2010 census.[3] Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is located in the CDP.

Geography

Wolf Trap is located in northern Fairfax County at 38°56′1″N 77°16′35″W / 38.93361°N 77.27639°W / 38.93361; -77.27639 (38.933477, −77.276510).

Washington Dulles International Airport; downtown Washington, D.C. is 16 miles (26 km) 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 20 miles (32 km) to Leesburg
.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wolf Trap CDP has a total area of 9.8 square miles (25.5 km2), of which 9.8 square miles (25.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.54%, is water.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19809,875—
199013,13333.0%
200014,0016.6%
201016,13115.2%
202016,4962.3%
source:[5]

As of 2019, Census reports that the population density was 1,512.3 inhabitants per square mile (583.9/km2). There were 4,606 housing units at an average density of 497.5 per square mile (192.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 79%

Latino
of any race were 2.63% of the population.

There were 5,462 households, out of which 45.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 86.1% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8.6% were non-families. 6.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.19.

Census also reports that the 2019 median income for a household in the Wolf Trap CDP was $222,908 (based on 2014-2018 data).

In popular culture

Wolf Trap is named as the location for the home of

FBI Special Investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) in NBC's 2013 TV series Hannibal, but the actual filmed location of the house is in the hamlet of Whitevale, Ontario
.

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wolf Trap CDP, Virginia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 17, 2016.[dead link]
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. U.S. Census Bureau
    . Retrieved July 17, 2010.
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