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Homes in Caldwell
Caldwell is a city of houses: of its 22,378 homes, 79% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 12% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Caldwell is new: 56% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 29% before 1980. The median home dates from 2003. Owners live in 73% of homes.
Of the 8 Idaho cities we have census figures for, Caldwell has some of the newest homes and the smallest share of apartments. Its housing is much like Nampa's, 6 miles away. Nationally, Caldwell's homes are newer than those in 75% 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
56% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 79% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
71% 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.
Manufactured homes
5% 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.
A whole house in Caldwell
The most common home in Caldwell has three bedrooms: 49% of homes. 28% have four bedrooms or more, and 6% have one or none. The median home has 5.7 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 1.3% of the median home value here, $367,300 (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
7% of people in Caldwell are under five, more than in 88% 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.
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.
Caldwell weather and your shutters
At Nampa Sugar Factory, ID (5 mi away), July averages a high of 93.3°F and December a low of 22.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 59 days a year reach 90°F, 132 nights fall to freezing and 12.1 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around December and least in August.
Among the Idaho cities we have climate normals for, Caldwell has the most hot days.
That's more 90°F days than in 62% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 27 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, Nampa Sugar Factory, ID (temperature) and Nampa 4.8 Nnw, ID (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39.5°F | 23°F | 1.5 in |
| Feb | 47.2°F | 26°F | 0.9 in |
| Mar | 57.4°F | 31.6°F | 1.2 in |
| Apr | 64.5°F | 36.1°F | 1.2 in |
| May | 73.9°F | 44°F | 1.5 in |
| Jun | 82.8°F | 51°F | 1 in |
| Jul | 93.3°F | 57.3°F | 0.3 in |
| Aug | 91.6°F | 55.5°F | 0.2 in |
| Sep | 81°F | 46.5°F | 0.5 in |
| Oct | 66.6°F | 36.5°F | 0.8 in |
| Nov | 50.7°F | 28.4°F | 1.2 in |
| Dec | 40°F | 22.8°F | 1.8 in |
Cold winters
With 132 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.
Dry air
Only 12.1 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 27°F apart. Dry air pulls moisture out of wood, so poplar louvers can shrink very slightly through their first dry season; that's normal for real wood.
Fitting them in Caldwell
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 Caldwell
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Caldwell’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Caldwell
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Caldwell 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.