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Homes in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls is a city of houses: of its 26,531 homes, 64% are detached, 6% are townhouses and other attached houses and 28% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 41% of homes standing today; 22% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1977. 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 8 Idaho cities we have census figures for, Idaho Falls has the second-highest share of older homes and the highest share of apartments. In nearby Pocatello, 48 miles away, 66% of homes were built before 1980, so Idaho Falls's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Idaho Falls's homes are older than those in 58% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 55% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Replacement windows
41% 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.
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 Idaho Falls
The most common home in Idaho Falls has four or more bedrooms: 39% of homes. Large houses are common too: 39% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.2 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 1.4% of the median home value here, $335,500 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 88% 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 windowsYoung children at home
6.8% of people in Idaho Falls are under five, more than in 85% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
39% 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.
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.
Idaho Falls weather and your shutters
At Idaho Falls - Kifi, ID (2 mi away), July averages a high of 86.3°F and January a low of 16.1°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 28 days a year reach 90°F, 166 nights fall to freezing and 13.6 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in July.
Among the Idaho cities we have climate normals for, Idaho Falls has the most freezing days.
That's more freezing nights than in 98% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 25 min on the longest day to 8 h 57 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, Idaho Falls - Kifi, ID (temperature) and Idaho Falls - Kifi, ID (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.2°F | 16.1°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 35.7°F | 20°F | 1 in |
| Mar | 48.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.3 in |
| Apr | 57.8°F | 34.3°F | 1.4 in |
| May | 67.2°F | 42.4°F | 1.9 in |
| Jun | 76.6°F | 48.7°F | 1.3 in |
| Jul | 86.3°F | 55.2°F | 0.5 in |
| Aug | 85.5°F | 53.6°F | 0.7 in |
| Sep | 74.9°F | 45.3°F | 1.1 in |
| Oct | 59.4°F | 34.8°F | 1.2 in |
| Nov | 43°F | 25.1°F | 1 in |
| Dec | 30.8°F | 17.2°F | 1.1 in |
Cold winters
With 166 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 Idaho Falls
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 Idaho Falls
- Pocatello 48 mi
More about shutters in Idaho Falls
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Idaho Falls’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Idaho Falls
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Idaho Falls 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.