Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in El Paso
Homes in El Paso
El Paso is a city of houses: of its 265,320 homes, 67% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 26% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 36% of homes standing today; 30% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1984. 61% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Las Cruces, 39 miles away, 34% of homes were built before 1980, so El Paso's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, El Paso's homes are newer than those in 56% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 67% 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.
Replacement windows
36% 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.
A whole house in El Paso
The most common home in El Paso has three bedrooms: 44% of homes. 22% have four bedrooms or more, and 13% 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 2.5% of the median home value here, $184,500 (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 90% 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.
Young children at home
6.2% of people in El Paso are under five, more than in 68% 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.
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.
El Paso weather and your shutters
At EL Paso Intl AP, TX (4 mi away), June averages a high of 97.1°F and December a low of 34.4°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September.
About 117 days a year reach 90°F, 42 nights fall to freezing and 10.4 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around August and least in March.
Among the Texas cities we have climate normals for, El Paso has the least precipitation.
That's more 90°F days than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 14 min on the longest day to 10 h 4 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 82° above the horizon in June and 35° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, EL Paso Intl AP, TX (temperature) and EL Paso 1.2 Wsw, TX (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58.6°F | 34.5°F | 0.6 in |
| Feb | 64.1°F | 38.9°F | 0.6 in |
| Mar | 71.9°F | 45.5°F | 0.3 in |
| Apr | 80°F | 53.3°F | 0.4 in |
| May | 88.7°F | 62.1°F | 0.5 in |
| Jun | 97.1°F | 70.6°F | 0.7 in |
| Jul | 95.8°F | 73°F | 1.7 in |
| Aug | 94°F | 71.8°F | 1.8 in |
| Sep | 88.3°F | 65.4°F | 1.6 in |
| Oct | 79.4°F | 54°F | 0.9 in |
| Nov | 67°F | 42°F | 0.5 in |
| Dec | 57.8°F | 34.4°F | 0.8 in |
Summer sun
On the 117 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 10.4 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 25°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 El Paso
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 El Paso
- Las Cruces 39 mi
More about shutters in El Paso
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using El Paso’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in El Paso
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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.