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Homes in Davis
Davis's 27,484 homes are a mix: 44% detached houses, 43% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 11% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 41% of homes standing today; 21% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1983. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 44%.
In Woodland, 8 miles away, 26% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Davis's homes are newer than those in 55% 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.
Apartments and condos
43% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
Replacement windows
41% 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.
Renting?
56% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
A whole house in Davis
The most common home in Davis has three bedrooms: 31% of homes. 24% have four bedrooms or more, and 16% have one or none. The median home has 4.9 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 0.5% of the median home value here, $866,100 (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
23% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 83% 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.
Older homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 91% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and 45% 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.
Davis weather and your shutters
At Davis 2 Wsw Exp Farm, CA (2 mi away), July averages a high of 93.3°F and December a low of 37.9°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 88 days a year reach 90°F, 18 nights fall to freezing and 19.6 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 75% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 52 min on the longest day to 9 h 28 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 75° above the horizon in June and 28° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Davis 2 Wsw Exp Farm, CA (temperature) and Davis 0.8 NE, CA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55.5°F | 38.4°F | 4.4 in |
| Feb | 60.7°F | 41°F | 3.7 in |
| Mar | 66.3°F | 43.9°F | 2.8 in |
| Apr | 72.5°F | 46.6°F | 1.3 in |
| May | 81.1°F | 51.6°F | 0.7 in |
| Jun | 88.6°F | 55.8°F | 0.2 in |
| Jul | 93.3°F | 57.3°F | 0 in |
| Aug | 92.8°F | 56.3°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 89.8°F | 54.8°F | 0.1 in |
| Oct | 79.9°F | 49.6°F | 0.8 in |
| Nov | 65.4°F | 42.5°F | 1.8 in |
| Dec | 56°F | 37.9°F | 3.8 in |
Summer sun
On the 88 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.
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 Davis
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 Davis
- Woodland 8 mi
- West Sacramento 10 mi
- Sacramento 14 mi
- Vacaville 19 mi
- Florin 19 mi
- Arden-Arcade 19 mi
More about shutters in Davis
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Price your windows
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