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Homes in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls's 90,271 homes are a mix: 52% detached houses, 36% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 9% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Sioux Falls is new: 41% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 35% before 1980. The median home dates from 1993. 60% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Sioux City, 75 miles away, 78% of homes were built before 1980, so Sioux Falls's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Sioux Falls's homes are newer than those in 70% 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
41% 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
65% 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.
Apartments and condos
36% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
A whole house in Sioux Falls
The most common home in Sioux Falls has two bedrooms: 28% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 28%. The median home has 5.6 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 1.6% of the median home value here, $292,400 (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
6.7% of people in Sioux Falls are under five, more than in 82% 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.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 70% 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.
Sioux Falls weather and your shutters
At Sioux Falls Wfo AP, SD (3 mi away), July averages a high of 84.8°F and January a low of 7.4°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 19 days a year reach 90°F, 154 nights fall to freezing and 28.2 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in January.
That's more freezing nights than in 95% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 26 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, Sioux Falls Wfo AP, SD (temperature) and Sioux Falls Wfo AP, SD (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.3°F | 7.4°F | 0.7 in |
| Feb | 30°F | 11.4°F | 0.8 in |
| Mar | 43.3°F | 23.4°F | 1.5 in |
| Apr | 57°F | 35.5°F | 3 in |
| May | 69.9°F | 48.5°F | 3.7 in |
| Jun | 80.4°F | 59.3°F | 4.6 in |
| Jul | 84.8°F | 63.7°F | 3.3 in |
| Aug | 81.7°F | 61.2°F | 3.3 in |
| Sep | 74.8°F | 51.7°F | 3 in |
| Oct | 60.6°F | 37.8°F | 2.3 in |
| Nov | 43.6°F | 24.2°F | 1.2 in |
| Dec | 30.4°F | 12.5°F | 0.8 in |
Cold winters
With 154 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 Sioux 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 Sioux Falls
- Sioux City 75 mi
More about shutters in Sioux Falls
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