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Wood Heights, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Wood Heights is a Census city of 784 people across 2.28 square miles of land, in Ray County. Median household income is $89,688, 94.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Wood Heights
What Wood Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.28 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land344 plus or minus 73
- County holding the largest share of its areaRay County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Wood Heights
- Population784 plus or minus 167
- Median age44.6
- Population under 18147 plus or minus 44
- Share under 1818.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Population 65 and over160 plus or minus 40
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent
- Households293
- Family households243 plus or minus 52
- Share of households that are families82.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Wood Heights
- Median household income$89,688 plus or minus $19,625
- Per capita income$33,634
- Civilian labor force411 plus or minus 118
- Employed407 plus or minus 117
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over556
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent plus or minus 23.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wood Heights
- Housing units294
- Occupied units293
- Vacant units1 plus or minus 3
- Vacancy rate0.3 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied277
- Renter occupied16 plus or minus 13
- Ownership rate94.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$212,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,446
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units294
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wood Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute394 plus or minus 117
- Commuting under 15 minutes51 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more242 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.4 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Drove alone90.7 percent
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Wood Heights
- NFIP communityCity of Wood Heights
- NFIP community number290639
- Participating in the NFIPNo
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date06/19/12
The City of Wood Heights does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 290639 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Ray County, not Wood Heights
Ray County context, not Wood Heights figures
- Establishments in Ray County360
- Covered employment, Ray County4,007
- Average annual pay, Ray County$47,361
- Housing units permitted, Ray County70
Every figure in this section is published for Ray County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wood Heights.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Wood Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wood Heights, Missouri?
784, in 293 households. Wood Heights city covers 2.28 square miles of land, which is 344 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wood Heights in?
Ray County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wood Heights?
$89,688. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $212,800. Median gross rent is $1,446 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Wood Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
No, it is listed but not participating. Wood Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Wood Heights, city of, community 290639, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wood Heights figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ray County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wood Heights.
Is zoning published for Wood Heights?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.