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Homes in Boise
Boise is a city of houses: of its 106,279 homes, 64% are detached, 7% are townhouses and other attached houses and 26% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 33% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 42% are older than that and 25% newer. The median home dates from 1986. 63% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 8 Idaho cities we have census figures for, Boise has the second-highest share of apartments. In nearby Meridian, 9 miles away, 7% of homes were built before 1980, so Boise's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Boise's homes are newer than those in 61% 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 64% 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.
A whole house in Boise
The most common home in Boise has three bedrooms: 40% of homes. 22% have four bedrooms or more, and 12% 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 0.9% of the median home value here, $484,800 (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
18% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 66% 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.
Boise weather and your shutters
At Boise Air Terminal, ID (2 mi away), July averages a high of 92.7°F and December a low of 25.4°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to February.
About 55 days a year reach 90°F, 108 nights fall to freezing and 11.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 59% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 26 min on the longest day to 8 h 56 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 70° above the horizon in June and 23° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Boise Air Terminal, ID (temperature) and Boise Air Terminal, ID (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38.8°F | 25.5°F | 1.4 in |
| Feb | 46°F | 29°F | 1 in |
| Mar | 55.5°F | 34.9°F | 1.3 in |
| Apr | 62.3°F | 39.6°F | 1.2 in |
| May | 72.3°F | 47.5°F | 1.5 in |
| Jun | 81.4°F | 54.1°F | 0.8 in |
| Jul | 92.7°F | 61.9°F | 0.2 in |
| Aug | 90.7°F | 60.8°F | 0.2 in |
| Sep | 80°F | 52.6°F | 0.4 in |
| Oct | 64.8°F | 41.5°F | 0.8 in |
| Nov | 48.8°F | 31.7°F | 1.2 in |
| Dec | 38.8°F | 25.4°F | 1.5 in |
Cold winters
With 108 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 Boise
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 Boise
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Boise’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Boise
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Boise 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.