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Homes in Mesa
Mesa's 222,992 homes are a mix: 55% detached houses, 26% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 6% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 41% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 29% are older than that and 30% newer. The median home dates from 1989. 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Gilbert, 6 miles away, 4% of homes were built before 1980, so Mesa's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Mesa's homes are newer than those in 75% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Manufactured homes
12% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Rounded drywall corners
71% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
A whole house in Mesa
The most common home in Mesa has three bedrooms: 31% of homes. 22% have four bedrooms or more, and 17% have one or none. The median home has 5.1 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among detached houses has 10 to 15 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $3,200 to $6,000. For scale, that's about 1.1% of the median home value here, $408,000 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home10–15 windows
All of them shuttered$3,200 to $6,000
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsWorking from home
19% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 70% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Young children at home
6.1% of people in Mesa are under five, more than in 64% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
Ages (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
Mesa weather and your shutters
At E Mesa, AZ (4 mi away), July averages a high of 105.9°F and December a low of 40.1°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 176 days a year reach 90°F, 11 nights fall to freezing and 9.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around July and least in June.
That's more 90°F days than in 98% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 22 min on the longest day to 9 h 56 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, E Mesa, AZ (temperature) and Mesa 1.5 Ssw, AZ (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67.5°F | 41°F | 1.2 in |
| Feb | 70.1°F | 42.7°F | 1.2 in |
| Mar | 77.2°F | 47.6°F | 1 in |
| Apr | 85.2°F | 53.3°F | 0.4 in |
| May | 94.4°F | 61.6°F | 0.2 in |
| Jun | 104.1°F | 70.7°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 105.9°F | 78.9°F | 1.3 in |
| Aug | 104.6°F | 78.4°F | 1.3 in |
| Sep | 100.2°F | 71.4°F | 1 in |
| Oct | 89.5°F | 59.1°F | 0.6 in |
| Nov | 76.8°F | 47.6°F | 0.7 in |
| Dec | 66.1°F | 40.1°F | 0.9 in |
Months of hard sun
With 176 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Dry air
Only 9.9 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 29°F apart. Dry air pulls moisture out of wood, so poplar louvers can shrink very slightly through their first dry season; that's normal for real wood.
Fitting them in Mesa
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Mesa
- Gilbert 6 mi
- Chandler 11 mi
- Tempe 12 mi
- Queen Creek 12 mi
- San Tan Valley 17 mi
- Scottsdale 21 mi
More about shutters in Mesa
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Mesa’s own figures.
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Price your windows
Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.