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Homes in Apple Valley
Apple Valley is a city of houses: of its 25,809 homes, 77% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 16% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 48% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 26% are older than that and 27% newer. The median home dates from 1987. 70% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Victorville's, 8 miles away. Nationally, Apple Valley's homes are newer than those in 80% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 77% 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.
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.
A whole house in Apple Valley
The most common home in Apple Valley has three bedrooms: 46% of homes. 25% have four bedrooms or more, and 5% have one or none. The median home has 5.8 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, $407,400 (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
7.4% of people in Apple Valley are under five, more than in 95% 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.
Apple Valley weather and your shutters
At Victorville, CA (5 mi away), July averages a high of 97.5°F and December a low of 32.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 119 days a year reach 90°F, 54 nights fall to freezing and 7.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in June.
Among the California cities we have climate normals for, Apple Valley has the second-most freezing days.
That's more 90°F days than in 93% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 28 min on the longest day to 9 h 50 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 79° above the horizon in June and 32° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Victorville, CA (temperature) and Apple Valley 2.6 SE, CA (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58.4°F | 33.2°F | 1.6 in |
| Feb | 61°F | 35.9°F | 1.6 in |
| Mar | 66.8°F | 40.1°F | 0.9 in |
| Apr | 73.1°F | 44.2°F | 0.5 in |
| May | 81.4°F | 50.9°F | 0.2 in |
| Jun | 91.4°F | 58°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 97.5°F | 64.2°F | 0.3 in |
| Aug | 97°F | 63.3°F | 0.1 in |
| Sep | 91.2°F | 57.6°F | 0.2 in |
| Oct | 79.3°F | 47.3°F | 0.4 in |
| Nov | 66.9°F | 37.6°F | 0.5 in |
| Dec | 56.9°F | 32.5°F | 1.1 in |
Dry air
Only 7.5 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 30°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.
Summer sun
On the 119 days a year above 90°F, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Fitting them in Apple Valley
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 Apple Valley
- Victorville 8 mi
- Hesperia 11 mi
- San Bernardino 27 mi
- Highland 29 mi
- Rialto 30 mi
- Fontana 33 mi
More about shutters in Apple Valley
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Apple Valley’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Apple Valley
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Apple Valley 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.