Great Falls vs Wolf Trap

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

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

Wolf Trap has the higher population (16,020 vs 14,854 in Great Falls). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Great Falls has the higher median home value ($1,342,400 vs $1,153,200 in Wolf Trap).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
Population	14,854	16,020
Median age	46.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$1,342,400	$1,153,200
Median gross rent	$3,463	$3,501
Housing units	5,136	5,498
Homeownership rate	95.4%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.7%	84.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
Population	14,872 → 14,854 (-0.1%)	16,436 → 16,020 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$238,125 → $250,001 (+5.0%)	$227,022 → $250,001 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$1,142,000 → $1,342,400 (+17.5%)	$912,900 → $1,153,200 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,066 → $3,463 (+12.9%)	$3,434 → $3,501 (+2.0%)

Great Falls

Population

14,87214,854

Median household income

$238,125$250,001

Median home value

$1,142,000$1,342,400

Median gross rent

$3,066$3,463

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)

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	3.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.3%
75 and over	7.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.0%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	3.6%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	51.2%	49.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
Drove alone	51.7%	49.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.3%
Public transit	2.2%	2.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	40.3%	42.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
1-unit, detached	99.3%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Wolf Trap
Poverty rate	2.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.99	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1985	1981