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Homes in Phoenix
Phoenix's 653,065 homes are a mix: 60% detached houses, 32% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 5% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 37% of homes standing today; 28% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1985. 57% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 23 Arizona cities we have census figures for, Phoenix has the second-highest share of older homes. Its housing is much like Glendale's, 6 miles away. Nationally, Phoenix's homes are newer than those in 61% 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
37% 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 Phoenix
The most common home in Phoenix has three bedrooms: 34% of homes. 24% have four bedrooms or more, and 18% 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, $420,700 (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 71% 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.
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.
Phoenix weather and your shutters
At Phoenix Deer Valley Muni AP, AZ (8 mi away), July averages a high of 104°F and December a low of 42.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 159 days a year reach 90°F, 3 nights fall to freezing and 8.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in June.
That's more 90°F days than in 97% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 23 min on the longest day to 9 h 55 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, Phoenix Deer Valley Muni AP, AZ (temperature) and Glendale 2.5 Ene, AZ (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65.4°F | 44.1°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 68.1°F | 46.1°F | 1.2 in |
| Mar | 75°F | 50.9°F | 1.1 in |
| Apr | 82.5°F | 56.6°F | 0.3 in |
| May | 91.5°F | 64.7°F | 0.2 in |
| Jun | 101.5°F | 72.7°F | 0 in |
| Jul | 104°F | 80.8°F | 0.7 in |
| Aug | 102.5°F | 80.5°F | 1 in |
| Sep | 97.5°F | 74.7°F | 0.6 in |
| Oct | 86.3°F | 62.7°F | 0.7 in |
| Nov | 74°F | 50.8°F | 0.7 in |
| Dec | 63.9°F | 42.7°F | 0.9 in |
Months of hard sun
With 159 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 Phoenix
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 Phoenix
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Phoenix’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Phoenix
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Phoenix 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.