Burke Centre vs Wolf Trap

A side-by-side comparison of Burke Centre and Wolf Trap: population, income, housing, and more.

Burke Centre and Wolf Trap are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burke Centre has the higher population (17,447 vs 16,020 in Wolf Trap). Wolf Trap has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $159,932 in Burke Centre). Wolf Trap has the higher median home value ($1,153,200 vs $615,400 in Burke Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
Population	17,447	16,020
Median age	38.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$159,932	$250,001
Median home value	$615,400	$1,153,200
Median gross rent	$2,360	$3,501
Housing units	6,309	5,498
Homeownership rate	80.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	84.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
Population	17,894 → 17,447 (-2.5%)	16,436 → 16,020 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$132,034 → $159,932 (+21.1%)	$227,022 → $250,001 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$462,400 → $615,400 (+33.1%)	$912,900 → $1,153,200 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,968 → $2,360 (+19.9%)	$3,434 → $3,501 (+2.0%)

Burke Centre

Population

17,89417,447

Median household income

$132,034$159,932

Median home value

$462,400$615,400

Median gross rent

$1,968$2,360

Wolf Trap

Population

16,43616,020

Median household income

$227,022$250,001

Median home value

$912,900$1,153,200

Median gross rent

$3,434$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	3.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.3%
75 and over	5.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	69.9%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.6%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	10.7%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	49.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
Drove alone	65.8%	49.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.3%
Public transit	3.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.4%	42.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
1-unit, detached	38.3%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	44.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burke Centre	Wolf Trap
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1983	1981