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Homes in Las Cruces
Las Cruces's 50,423 homes are a mix: 60% detached houses, 27% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 5% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Las Cruces is new: 37% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 34% before 1980. The median home dates from 1991. 56% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 4 New Mexico cities we have census figures for, Las Cruces has the third-highest share of older homes and the second-highest share of apartments. In nearby El Paso, 39 miles away, 44% of homes were built before 1980, so Las Cruces's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Las Cruces's homes are newer than those in 72% 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
8% 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.
Shallow openings
37% 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.
A whole house in Las Cruces
The most common home in Las Cruces has three bedrooms: 45% of homes. 17% have four bedrooms or more, and 14% have one or none. The median home has 5.1 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 2% of the median home value here, $231,700 (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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 81% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
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.
Las Cruces weather and your shutters
At State Univ, NM (4 mi away), June averages a high of 96.2°F and January a low of 29.6°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to January.
About 109 days a year reach 90°F, 69 nights fall to freezing and 11.1 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around August and least in April.
Among the New Mexico cities we have climate normals for, Las Cruces has the most hot days.
That's more 90°F days than in 88% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 16 min on the longest day to 10 h 2 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 81° above the horizon in June and 34° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, State Univ, NM (temperature) and Las Cruces 2.0 Wsw, NM (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58.9°F | 29.6°F | 0.5 in |
| Feb | 64.1°F | 33.5°F | 0.5 in |
| Mar | 71.3°F | 39.2°F | 0.3 in |
| Apr | 78.5°F | 45.7°F | 0.2 in |
| May | 87.1°F | 54.2°F | 0.5 in |
| Jun | 96.2°F | 63.7°F | 0.6 in |
| Jul | 95.6°F | 69.1°F | 2.1 in |
| Aug | 93.6°F | 67.7°F | 2.7 in |
| Sep | 88.4°F | 61.1°F | 1.7 in |
| Oct | 79.6°F | 48.3°F | 0.9 in |
| Nov | 67.9°F | 36.6°F | 0.4 in |
| Dec | 58.1°F | 29.7°F | 0.7 in |
Summer sun
On the 109 days a year above 90°F, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Dry air
Only 11.1 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 30°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 Las Cruces
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 Las Cruces
- El Paso 39 mi
More about shutters in Las Cruces
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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.