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Homes in Buckeye
Buckeye is a city of houses: of its 35,276 homes, 93% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 3% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Buckeye is new: 90% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 4% before 1980. The median home dates from 2011. Owners live in 86% of homes.
In Avondale, 20 miles away, 20% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Buckeye's homes are newer than those in 97% 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.
Shallow openings
90% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Rounded drywall corners
96% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 93% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 86% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
A whole house in Buckeye
The most common home in Buckeye has three bedrooms: 41% of homes. Large houses are common too: 40% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.1 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, $419,800 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 89% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
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
7.8% of people in Buckeye are under five, more than in 97% 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.
Working from home
20% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 74% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
40% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
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.
Buckeye weather and your shutters
At Litchfield Park, AZ (17 mi away), July averages a high of 106.5°F and December a low of 42°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 173 days a year reach 90°F, 7 nights fall to freezing and 8.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January 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, Litchfield Park, AZ (temperature) and Goodyear 5.9 Wsw, AZ (precipitation, 11 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66.1°F | 42.9°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 70.2°F | 45.9°F | 1 in |
| Mar | 77.7°F | 51.2°F | 1 in |
| Apr | 85.5°F | 57°F | 0.3 in |
| May | 94.3°F | 65.3°F | 0.2 in |
| Jun | 104°F | 73.7°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 106.5°F | 81.2°F | 0.8 in |
| Aug | 104.7°F | 80.6°F | 1 in |
| Sep | 99.3°F | 73.8°F | 0.7 in |
| Oct | 88.1°F | 60.9°F | 0.6 in |
| Nov | 74.6°F | 49.3°F | 0.6 in |
| Dec | 64.5°F | 42°F | 0.9 in |
Dry air
Only 8.3 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 26°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.
Months of hard sun
With 173 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.
Fitting them in Buckeye
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 Buckeye
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Buckeye’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Buckeye
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Buckeye 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.