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Homes in Aurora
Aurora's 152,377 homes are a mix: 53% detached houses, 34% 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 35% of homes standing today; 29% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1985. 62% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Denver, 11 miles away, 55% of homes were built before 1980, so Aurora's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Aurora's homes are newer than those in 68% 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
63% 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 Aurora
The most common home in Aurora has three bedrooms: 29% of homes. 27% have four bedrooms or more, and 16% have one or none. 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 1% of the median home value here, $469,100 (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 windowsYoung children at home
6.5% of people in Aurora are under five, more than in 77% 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.
Working from home
16% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 62% 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.
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.
Aurora weather and your shutters
At Cherry Creek Dam, CO (9 mi away), July averages a high of 90.4°F and December a low of 16.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to April.
About 46 days a year reach 90°F, 172 nights fall to freezing and 17.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in January.
That's more 90°F days than in 53% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 59 min on the longest day to 9 h 21 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 74° above the horizon in June and 27° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Cherry Creek Dam, CO (temperature) and Aurora 2.1 Ese, CO (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47.3°F | 16.9°F | 0.6 in |
| Feb | 49.3°F | 18.6°F | 0.6 in |
| Mar | 56.8°F | 25.4°F | 1.8 in |
| Apr | 62.9°F | 31.7°F | 2.2 in |
| May | 72.1°F | 40.8°F | 2.3 in |
| Jun | 84.6°F | 50.1°F | 1.9 in |
| Jul | 90.4°F | 56.4°F | 2.2 in |
| Aug | 87.7°F | 54.6°F | 2.1 in |
| Sep | 80.1°F | 47.1°F | 1.4 in |
| Oct | 67.8°F | 33.9°F | 1.2 in |
| Nov | 55.3°F | 24.3°F | 0.8 in |
| Dec | 47.4°F | 16.8°F | 0.6 in |
Cold winters
With 172 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 Aurora
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 Aurora
- Denver 11 mi
- Centennial 11 mi
- Parker 13 mi
- Commerce City 14 mi
- Highlands Ranch 18 mi
- Thornton 21 mi
More about shutters in Aurora
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Aurora’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Aurora
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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.