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

Geography

Wolf Trap is located in northern Fairfax County at 38.93361°N, -77.27639°W (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 11 mi to Washington Dulles International Airport; downtown Washington, D.C. is 16 mi 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 mi to Leesburg. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wolf Trap CDP has a total area of 25.5 sqkm, of which 25.4 sqkm is land and 0.1 sqkm, or 0.54%, is water.

Demographics

As of 2019, Census reports that the population density was 1,512.3 PD/sqmi. There were 4,606 housing units at an average density of 497.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 79% White, 2% African American, 0% Native American, 14% Asian, 0.64% from other races, and 2.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or 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.