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Homes in Irving
Apartments outnumber houses in Irving: 56% of its 102,512 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 39% and townhouses and other attached houses 4%.
The 1980s and 1990s built 37% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 36% are older than that and 28% newer. The median home dates from 1986. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 38%.
Of the 76 Texas cities we have census figures for, Irving has the second-highest share of apartments. In Euless, 6 miles away, 48% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Irving's homes are newer than those in 69% 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.
Apartments and condos
56% 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.
Renting?
62% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
Rounded drywall corners
64% 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 Irving
The most common home in Irving has two bedrooms: 28% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 27%. The median home has 4.3 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among apartments in buildings of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $900 to $2,000. For scale, that's about 0.5% of the median home value here, $315,600 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are smaller than in 79% of the 881 US cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
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 home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$900 to $2,000
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
8.1% of people in Irving are under five, more than in 98% 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.
Working from home
20% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 74% 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.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 65% 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.
Irving weather and your shutters
At Dallas FT Worth AP, TX (4 mi away), August averages a high of 95.8°F and January a low of 36.1°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 106 days a year reach 90°F, 29 nights fall to freezing and 37 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 86% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 19 min on the longest day to 9 h 59 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, Dallas FT Worth AP, TX (temperature) and Dallas FT Worth AP, TX (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56.5°F | 36.1°F | 2.5 in |
| Feb | 60.9°F | 40.1°F | 2.8 in |
| Mar | 68.6°F | 47.8°F | 3.3 in |
| Apr | 76.1°F | 55.2°F | 3.2 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 64.5°F | 4.8 in |
| Jun | 91.5°F | 72.2°F | 3.7 in |
| Jul | 95.6°F | 75.8°F | 2.1 in |
| Aug | 95.8°F | 75.7°F | 2.2 in |
| Sep | 88.6°F | 68.5°F | 2.7 in |
| Oct | 78.4°F | 57.1°F | 4.4 in |
| Nov | 66.6°F | 46.2°F | 2.5 in |
| Dec | 57.9°F | 38.3°F | 2.8 in |
Summer sun
On the 106 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.
Fitting them in Irving
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 Irving
- Euless 6 mi
- Grapevine 8 mi
- Carrollton 10 mi
- Dallas 12 mi
- Grand Prairie 13 mi
- Lewisville 13 mi
More about shutters in Irving
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