
Virginia · Census place 87240
Wolf Trap, VA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wolf Trap, Virginia (Wolf Trap, VA — Census place “Wolf Trap CDP”) is 16,020 residents, ranking #89 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $250,001, the median home is worth $1,153,200 and median gross rent runs $3,501 a month. Looking for the Wolf Trap Virginia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Wolf Trap, VA: 22181, 22182.
- Population
- 16,020Wolf Trap CDP residents
- Median household income
- $250,001Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,153,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $3,501Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 45.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 95.8%Owner-occupied households
Wolf Trap ZIP codes (Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wolf Trap.
The Wolf Trap VA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Wolf Trap CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wolf Trap CDP median would spend about 16.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4% of residents and 95.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wolf Trap CDP, VA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wolf Trap CDP is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 16,020 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #89 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 45.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Wolf Trap CDP earn a median of $250,001 a year, 218.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 201% above the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wolf Trap CDP is valued at $1,153,200, 280.1% above the national figure and 296% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,501 a month, 149% above the national figure, or roughly $42,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 95.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Virginia.
- Williamsburg city 15,564
- East Highland Park CDP 16,071
- Front Royal town 15,152
- Stone Ridge CDP 16,340
- Highland Springs CDP 15,091
- Vienna town 16,369
- Great Falls CDP 14,854
- Radford city 16,505
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wolf Trap CDP?
- Wolf Trap CDP has 16,020 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 688 in Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Wolf Trap CDP?
- Median household income in Wolf Trap CDP is $250,001 a year, 218.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wolf Trap CDP?
- Median gross rent is $3,501 a month and the median home value is $1,153,200, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
- Is Wolf Trap CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wolf Trap CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Wolf Trap CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.