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Homes in Fort Collins
Fort Collins's 74,558 homes are a mix: 52% detached houses, 37% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 8% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Fort Collins is new: 37% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 31% before 1980. The median home dates from 1992. 52% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Loveland, 9 miles away, 24% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Fort Collins's homes are newer than those in 74% 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
37% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
69% 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.
Apartments and condos
37% 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.
Fort Collins weather and your shutters
At FT Collins, CO (2 mi away), July averages a high of 87.4°F and January a low of 18.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 29 days a year reach 90°F, 150 nights fall to freezing and 16.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in January.
That's more freezing nights than in 94% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 5 min on the longest day to 9 h 16 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 73° above the horizon in June and 26° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, FT Collins, CO (temperature) and Fort Collins 0.3 Sse, CO (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45°F | 18.3°F | 0.5 in |
| Feb | 46.8°F | 20.7°F | 0.5 in |
| Mar | 56.4°F | 28.5°F | 1.3 in |
| Apr | 62.5°F | 35.4°F | 2.1 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 44.1°F | 2.9 in |
| Jun | 81.8°F | 52.8°F | 2 in |
| Jul | 87.4°F | 58.7°F | 1.7 in |
| Aug | 85°F | 56.5°F | 1.5 in |
| Sep | 77.4°F | 48°F | 1.4 in |
| Oct | 64.3°F | 36.1°F | 1.3 in |
| Nov | 52.5°F | 26.1°F | 0.8 in |
| Dec | 44°F | 18.3°F | 0.5 in |
Cold winters
With 150 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 Fort Collins
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 Fort Collins
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Fort Collins’s own figures.
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