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Homes in Carson City
Carson City's 25,156 homes are a mix: 60% detached houses, 25% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 6% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 45% of homes standing today; 17% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1981. 62% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 10 Nevada cities we have census figures for, Carson City has the highest share of older homes. In Reno, 28 miles away, 41% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Carson City's homes are older than those in 50% 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.
Manufactured homes
10% 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.
Replacement windows
45% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 49% 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.
A whole house in Carson City
The most common home in Carson City has three bedrooms: 47% of homes. 16% have four bedrooms or more, and 14% have one or none. The median home has 5.3 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% of the median home value here, $453,000 (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 windowsCarson City weather and your shutters
At Carson City, NV (2 mi away), July averages a high of 89.5°F and December a low of 23.9°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 40 days a year reach 90°F, 146 nights fall to freezing and 14.8 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in September.
Among the Nevada cities we have climate normals for, Carson City has the most freezing days and the most precipitation.
That's more freezing nights than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 55 min on the longest day to 9 h 25 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, Carson City, NV (temperature) and Carson City 2.1 NW, NV (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45.5°F | 24.1°F | 2.8 in |
| Feb | 49.5°F | 27.1°F | 2.2 in |
| Mar | 56.2°F | 31.6°F | 1.6 in |
| Apr | 61.7°F | 35.8°F | 0.5 in |
| May | 70.4°F | 42.9°F | 0.8 in |
| Jun | 80.9°F | 49.2°F | 0.7 in |
| Jul | 89.5°F | 54.8°F | 0.4 in |
| Aug | 87.8°F | 52.5°F | 0.5 in |
| Sep | 80.7°F | 45.6°F | 0.3 in |
| Oct | 68°F | 36.3°F | 0.9 in |
| Nov | 54.5°F | 28.4°F | 1.5 in |
| Dec | 44.6°F | 23.9°F | 2.6 in |
Cold winters
With 146 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 14.8 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 28°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 Carson City
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 Carson City
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Carson City’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Carson City
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Carson City 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.