Wolf Trap is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 16,131 at the 2010 census.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (originally known as the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts and simply known as Wolf Trap) is a performing arts center located on of national park land in unincorporated Fairfax County, ...

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,

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to the southeast,

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to the south,

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to the southwest, Reston to the west, and the community of Great Falls to the north. The

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crosses the center of the CDP, with access from Exits 15 (Wolftrap Park) and 16 (

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). The Toll Road leads west to

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; downtown

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is to the east via the Toll Road and

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. Virginia Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) forms the northern border of the CDP; the highway leads northwest to Leesburg. According to the

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, the Wolf Trap CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.54%, is water.

Demographics

As of 2019, Census reports that the population density was . There were 4,606 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 79%

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, 2%

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, 0% Native American, 14% Asian, 0.64% from other races, and 2.64% from two or more races.

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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

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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

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Special Investigator Will Graham (

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) in

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's 2013 TV series ''

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'', but the actual filmed location of the house is in the hamlet of

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References

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