Fort Hunt vs Wolf Trap

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

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

Fort Hunt has the higher population (16,519 vs 16,020 in Wolf Trap). Wolf Trap has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $210,471 in Fort Hunt). Wolf Trap has the higher median home value ($1,153,200 vs $890,400 in Fort Hunt).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
Population	16,519	16,020
Median age	45.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$210,471	$250,001
Median home value	$890,400	$1,153,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	6,096	5,498
Homeownership rate	94.0%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.8%	84.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
Population	16,973 → 16,519 (-2.7%)	16,436 → 16,020 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$188,142 → $210,471 (+11.9%)	$227,022 → $250,001 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$702,200 → $890,400 (+26.8%)	$912,900 → $1,153,200 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,096 → $3,501 (+13.1%)	$3,434 → $3,501 (+2.0%)

Fort Hunt

Population

16,97316,519

Median household income

$188,142$210,471

Median home value

$702,200$890,400

Median gross rent

$3,096$3,501

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)

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	3.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	69.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	7.1%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	49.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
Drove alone	60.6%	49.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.3%
Public transit	2.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.3%	42.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
1-unit, detached	97.8%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hunt	Wolf Trap
Poverty rate	1.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1963	1981