About Wolf Trap

Wolf Trap is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 13,879 people and just one neighborhood, Wolf Trap is the 75th largest community in Virginia.

Wolf Trap is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 97.97% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wolf Trap is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wolf Trap who work in management occupations (22.27%), business and financial occupations (11.51%), and sales jobs (10.33%).

Also of interest is that Wolf Trap has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Wolf Trap is also a town of artists. Wolf Trap has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wolf Trap's character.

In addition, Wolf Trap is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Wolf Trap is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Wolf Trap a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Wolf Trap has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Wolf Trap's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Wolf Trap is a relatively small town, but even so, a fairly large number of people use the subway to get to and from work. Many of these people travel out of town to the central city in the region.

Wolf Trap Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Wolf Trap is a pretty powerful place. 76.92% of the adults in Wolf Trap have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Wolf Trap in 2000 was $56,294, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $225,176 for a family of four. However, Wolf Trap contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wolf Trap is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wolf Trap home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wolf Trap is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wolf Trap include English, Irish, German, Italian, Polish, Iranian, and Scotch-Irish.

In addition, Wolf Trap has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.36%).

The most common language spoken in Wolf Trap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and Spanish.