Wood Heights is a city in western Ray County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The populati…Wood Heights is a city in western Ray County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 757 at the 2020 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.29 square miles, of which 2.28 square miles is land and 0.01 square miles is water.