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Homes in Sparks
Sparks is a city of houses: of its 45,898 homes, 62% are detached, 5% are townhouses and other attached houses and 31% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Sparks is new: 40% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 34% before 1980. The median home dates from 1993. 60% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Reno, 7 miles away, 41% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Sparks's homes are newer than those in 71% 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
40% 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
66% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 62% 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.
Sparks weather and your shutters
At Sparks, NV (2 mi away), July averages a high of 92.1°F and December a low of 24.5°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, 141 nights fall to freezing and 8.4 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in September.
Among the Nevada cities we have climate normals for, Sparks has the second-most freezing days.
That's more 90°F days than in 62% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 58 min on the longest day to 9 h 22 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, Sparks, NV (temperature) and Sparks, NV (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48.2°F | 24.7°F | 1.3 in |
| Feb | 52.9°F | 27.4°F | 1 in |
| Mar | 59.7°F | 32°F | 0.9 in |
| Apr | 65°F | 36.3°F | 0.5 in |
| May | 73.9°F | 43.1°F | 0.7 in |
| Jun | 83.9°F | 49.4°F | 0.4 in |
| Jul | 92.1°F | 55.4°F | 0.4 in |
| Aug | 90.8°F | 53.3°F | 0.3 in |
| Sep | 83.6°F | 46.1°F | 0.2 in |
| Oct | 71.6°F | 36.5°F | 0.9 in |
| Nov | 57.2°F | 29.2°F | 0.7 in |
| Dec | 47°F | 24.5°F | 1.1 in |
Dry air
Only 8.4 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 31°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.
Cold winters
With 141 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 Sparks
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 Sparks
- Reno 7 mi
- Carson City 29 mi
More about shutters in Sparks
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Sparks’s own figures.
Price your windows
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