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Homes in Laredo
Laredo is a city of houses: of its 84,111 homes, 67% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 22% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Laredo is new: 44% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 24% before 1980. The median home dates from 1997. 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Nationally, Laredo's homes are newer than those in 82% 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
44% 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
76% 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 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.
Laredo weather and your shutters
At Laredo 2, TX (1 mi away), August averages a high of 100.8°F and January a low of 46.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 178 days a year reach 90°F, 5 nights fall to freezing and 19.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in February.
Among the Texas cities we have climate normals for, Laredo has the most hot days.
That's more 90°F days than in 99% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 53 min on the longest day to 10 h 24 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 86° above the horizon in June and 39° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Laredo 2, TX (temperature) and Laredo 2, TX (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68.4°F | 46.8°F | 0.8 in |
| Feb | 73.9°F | 51.7°F | 0.7 in |
| Mar | 80.8°F | 58.3°F | 1.3 in |
| Apr | 88.4°F | 64.9°F | 1.3 in |
| May | 94.1°F | 71.5°F | 2.8 in |
| Jun | 99°F | 76.2°F | 1.8 in |
| Jul | 100.3°F | 77.1°F | 1.9 in |
| Aug | 100.8°F | 77.4°F | 1.6 in |
| Sep | 94.1°F | 73.1°F | 3.9 in |
| Oct | 87.1°F | 65.8°F | 1.7 in |
| Nov | 76.5°F | 55.6°F | 1 in |
| Dec | 68.9°F | 48°F | 1.1 in |
Months of hard sun
With 178 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Laredo
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 Laredo
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Laredo’s own figures.
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.