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Homes in Anchorage
Anchorage's 120,348 homes are a mix: 47% detached houses, 35% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 14% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 43% of homes standing today; 19% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1982. 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Nationally, Anchorage's homes are newer than those in 56% 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.
Replacement windows
43% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
A whole house in Anchorage
The most common home in Anchorage has three bedrooms: 37% of homes. 24% have four bedrooms or more, and 13% have one or none. The median home has 5.2 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 1.2% of the median home value here, $395,900 (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 windowsYoung children at home
6.3% of people in Anchorage are under five, more than in 71% 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.
Anchorage weather and your shutters
At Eagle Rvr Nature Ctr, AK (4 mi away), July averages a high of 67.4°F and January a low of 6.4°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
About 0 days a year reach 90°F, 204 nights fall to freezing and 22.6 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in April.
That's more freezing nights than in any other of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 19 h 21 min on the longest day to 5 h 28 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 52° above the horizon in June and 5° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Eagle Rvr Nature Ctr, AK (temperature) and Eagle Rvr Nature Ctr, AK (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.9°F | 6.4°F | 2.3 in |
| Feb | 28°F | 11.6°F | 1.6 in |
| Mar | 35.3°F | 14.7°F | 1.6 in |
| Apr | 47.1°F | 26.5°F | 0.8 in |
| May | 58°F | 35.7°F | 0.9 in |
| Jun | 65.4°F | 43.7°F | 1.3 in |
| Jul | 67.4°F | 47.9°F | 1.7 in |
| Aug | 64.5°F | 44.9°F | 2.6 in |
| Sep | 56°F | 37.2°F | 3.6 in |
| Oct | 42.1°F | 25.7°F | 2.5 in |
| Nov | 26.4°F | 12.9°F | 1.7 in |
| Dec | 23.3°F | 8.9°F | 2 in |
Cold winters
With 204 freezing nights a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Fitting them in Anchorage
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.
More about shutters in Anchorage
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Anchorage’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Anchorage
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Anchorage can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
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.