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Homes in Centennial
Centennial is a city of houses: of its 43,291 homes, 73% are detached, 9% are townhouses and other attached houses and 17% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 43% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 43% are older than that and 14% newer. The median home dates from 1983. Owners live in 81% of homes.
In nearby Highlands Ranch, 7 miles away, 2% of homes were built before 1980, so Centennial's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Centennial's homes are newer than those in 59% 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 73% 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
42% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 81% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
A whole house in Centennial
The most common home in Centennial has four or more bedrooms: 49% of homes. Large houses are common too: 49% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 7.4 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 0.7% of the median home value here, $658,100 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 97% 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 windowsWorking from home
27% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 90% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
49% 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.
Older homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 83% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and 43% 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.
Centennial weather and your shutters
At Denver Centennial AP, CO (2 mi away), July averages a high of 87.3°F and December a low of 18.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F in July and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 32 days a year reach 90°F, 155 nights fall to freezing and 15 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around August and least in January.
That's more freezing nights than in 96% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 58 min on the longest day to 9 h 22 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, Denver Centennial AP, CO (temperature) and Denver Centennial AP, CO (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44.6°F | 19°F | 0.4 in |
| Feb | 45.7°F | 20.3°F | 0.4 in |
| Mar | 54.3°F | 27.3°F | 1 in |
| Apr | 59.8°F | 33.7°F | 1.9 in |
| May | 68.7°F | 42.7°F | 2 in |
| Jun | 81.2°F | 52.2°F | 2 in |
| Jul | 87.3°F | 58.6°F | 1.8 in |
| Aug | 84.5°F | 57°F | 2.3 in |
| Sep | 77.1°F | 48.6°F | 1.3 in |
| Oct | 63.9°F | 36.1°F | 1 in |
| Nov | 52.4°F | 26.2°F | 0.5 in |
| Dec | 44°F | 18.8°F | 0.4 in |
Cold winters
With 155 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 Centennial
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 Centennial
- Highlands Ranch 7 mi
- Parker 7 mi
- Aurora 11 mi
- Denver 12 mi
- Castle Rock 15 mi
- Lakewood 16 mi
More about shutters in Centennial
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Centennial’s own figures.
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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.