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Homes in Chula Vista
Chula Vista's 90,273 homes are a mix: 52% detached houses, 31% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 13% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 39% of homes standing today; 34% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1987. 60% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby National City, 6 miles away, 70% of homes were built before 1980, so Chula Vista's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Chula Vista's homes are newer than those in 60% 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
34% 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.
Replacement windows
39% 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 Chula Vista
The most common home in Chula Vista has three bedrooms: 31% of homes. Large houses are common too: 30% have four bedrooms or more. 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 0.6% of the median home value here, $758,700 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 76% 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 windowsOlder homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 87% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and 42% of homes were built before 1980. If an older house still has good wood shutters, repair them before you replace them; if not, poplar painted to match the trim suits original casings.
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.
Chula Vista weather and your shutters
At Chula Vista, CA (4 mi away), September averages a high of 77.1°F and December a low of 46°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 5 days a year reach 90°F, 0 nights fall to freezing and 10.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in August.
Daylight runs from 14 h 18 min on the longest day to 10 h on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 81° above the horizon in June and 34° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Chula Vista, CA (temperature) and Chula Vista 2.5SE, CA (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67.5°F | 46.5°F | 2.1 in |
| Feb | 66.8°F | 48.3°F | 2.6 in |
| Mar | 67°F | 51.4°F | 1.6 in |
| Apr | 68.4°F | 53.5°F | 0.8 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 58°F | 0.3 in |
| Jun | 71°F | 61.2°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 74.6°F | 64.7°F | 0.1 in |
| Aug | 76.9°F | 65.8°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 77.1°F | 64°F | 0.1 in |
| Oct | 74.9°F | 58.5°F | 0.5 in |
| Nov | 71.1°F | 50.9°F | 0.9 in |
| Dec | 66.5°F | 46°F | 1.8 in |
Dry summers, wet winters
Barely any of the year's precipitation falls in June, July and August; most comes in the cool months. Wood takes on moisture in the wet season and gives it back in the dry one, so expect the panels to feel slightly tighter in winter than in summer. Fit them in the season you're in, and leave the hinge screws a quarter turn from tight until they've been through both.
Fitting them in Chula Vista
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 Chula Vista
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Chula Vista’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Chula Vista
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Chula Vista 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.