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Homes in Springdale
Springdale is a city of houses: of its 31,392 homes, 64% are detached, 6% are townhouses and other attached houses and 27% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 37% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 26% are older than that and 37% newer. The median home dates from 1994. 53% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Fayetteville, 8 miles away, 43% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Springdale's homes are newer than those in 78% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
74% 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.
Shallow openings
37% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 64% 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.
A whole house in Springdale
The most common home in Springdale has three bedrooms: 49% of homes. 17% have four bedrooms or more, and 11% have one or none. The median home has 5.3 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 1.8% of the median home value here, $261,800 (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
7.9% of people in Springdale 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.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 75% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
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.
Springdale weather and your shutters
At Fayetteville Exp Stn, AR (6 mi away), July averages a high of 88.7°F and January a low of 26.9°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 38 days a year reach 90°F, 83 nights fall to freezing and 46.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in February.
That's more freezing nights than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 37 min on the longest day to 9 h 41 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 77° above the horizon in June and 30° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Fayetteville Exp Stn, AR (temperature) and Fayetteville Exp Stn, AR (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46.5°F | 26.9°F | 2.6 in |
| Feb | 51.2°F | 30°F | 2.3 in |
| Mar | 59.1°F | 37.9°F | 3.7 in |
| Apr | 69°F | 47.2°F | 4.5 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 56.2°F | 6 in |
| Jun | 84.1°F | 65.5°F | 4.7 in |
| Jul | 88.7°F | 69.4°F | 3.6 in |
| Aug | 88.6°F | 67.7°F | 3.4 in |
| Sep | 81.4°F | 59.8°F | 4.5 in |
| Oct | 70.9°F | 47.9°F | 4.1 in |
| Nov | 58.6°F | 37.7°F | 4 in |
| Dec | 49.6°F | 29.8°F | 2.9 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 46.3 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Cold winters
With 83 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 Springdale
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 Springdale
- Fayetteville 8 mi
- Rogers 9 mi
- Bentonville 12 mi
- Fort Smith 60 mi
- Joplin 64 mi
- Springfield 85 mi
More about shutters in Springdale
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Springdale’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.