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Homes in DeSoto
DeSoto is a city of houses: of its 21,718 homes, 74% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 21% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 44% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 21% are older than that and 35% newer. The median home dates from 1993. 70% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Grand Prairie, 11 miles away, 31% of homes were built before 1980, so DeSoto's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, DeSoto's homes are newer than those in 84% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
79% 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 74% 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.
Shallow openings
35% 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.
A whole house in DeSoto
The most common home in DeSoto has four or more bedrooms: 39% of homes. Large houses are common too: 39% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.7 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, $319,400 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 89% 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 windowsPricing 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.
Working from home
17% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 63% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
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.
DeSoto weather and your shutters
At Dallas Redbird AP, TX (6 mi away), August averages a high of 96.4°F and January a low of 37.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 104 days a year reach 90°F, 27 nights fall to freezing and 41.1 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around October and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 84% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 18 min on the longest day to 10 h 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, Dallas Redbird AP, TX (temperature) and Desoto 2.2 Ene, TX (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57.4°F | 37.8°F | 2.7 in |
| Feb | 61.5°F | 41.1°F | 2.8 in |
| Mar | 69°F | 48.3°F | 3.6 in |
| Apr | 76.2°F | 55.2°F | 3.9 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 64.2°F | 4.5 in |
| Jun | 91.4°F | 72°F | 4.2 in |
| Jul | 95.9°F | 75.4°F | 2 in |
| Aug | 96.4°F | 75°F | 2.4 in |
| Sep | 89.3°F | 68.2°F | 3.5 in |
| Oct | 78.8°F | 57.5°F | 5 in |
| Nov | 67.3°F | 47.1°F | 3 in |
| Dec | 58.8°F | 39.3°F | 3.5 in |
Summer sun
On the 104 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.
Humid summers
Hot days and 41.1 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in DeSoto
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 DeSoto
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using DeSoto’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in DeSoto
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in DeSoto 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.