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Homes in Rialto
Rialto is a city of houses: of its 27,973 homes, 69% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 21% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 45% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 44% are older than that and 10% newer. The median home dates from 1982. 66% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Fontana, 4 miles away, 28% of homes were built before 1980, so Rialto's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Rialto's homes are newer than those in 57% 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.
Manufactured homes
8% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Whole-house orders
With 69% 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.
Replacement windows
40% 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 Rialto
The most common home in Rialto has three bedrooms: 39% of homes. Large houses are common too: 33% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 5.4 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 0.9% of the median home value here, $487,900 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 81% 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 windowsPricing a whole house at once
33% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
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.
Rialto weather and your shutters
At Riverside Citrus Exp, CA (11 mi away), August averages a high of 96.6°F and December a low of 43.2°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 103 days a year reach 90°F, 2 nights fall to freezing and 17.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in June.
That's more 90°F days than in 84% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 26 min on the longest day to 9 h 52 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, Riverside Citrus Exp, CA (temperature) and Rialto 2.1 N, CA (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69.5°F | 44.2°F | 3.6 in |
| Feb | 69.9°F | 44.8°F | 4.2 in |
| Mar | 72.3°F | 46.9°F | 2.5 in |
| Apr | 75.1°F | 49.9°F | 0.9 in |
| May | 80.4°F | 54.8°F | 0.5 in |
| Jun | 87.4°F | 58.4°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 94.1°F | 62.9°F | 0.1 in |
| Aug | 96.6°F | 63.7°F | 0.3 in |
| Sep | 93.4°F | 60.8°F | 0.2 in |
| Oct | 81.9°F | 54.8°F | 0.7 in |
| Nov | 76.1°F | 47.4°F | 1.2 in |
| Dec | 69.1°F | 43.2°F | 3 in |
Summer sun
On the 103 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 Rialto
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 Rialto
- Fontana 4 mi
- San Bernardino 6 mi
- Colton 6 mi
- Jurupa Valley 9 mi
- Rancho Cucamonga 10 mi
- Riverside 12 mi
More about shutters in Rialto
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Rialto’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Rialto
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Rialto 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.