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Homes in Pharr
Pharr's 27,086 homes are a mix: 58% detached houses, 22% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 3% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Pharr is new: 53% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 19% before 1980. The median home dates from 2001. 59% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like McAllen's, 6 miles away. Nationally, Pharr's homes are newer than those in 87% 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
17% 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
53% 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
81% 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.
Pharr weather and your shutters
At Mcallen Miller Intl AP, TX (4 mi away), August averages a high of 99.6°F and January a low of 52.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 177 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 22.2 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in February.
Among the Texas cities we have climate normals for, Pharr has the second-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 47 min on the longest day to 10 h 30 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 87° above the horizon in June and 40° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Mcallen Miller Intl AP, TX (temperature) and Mcallen Miller Intl 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 | 72.8°F | 52.7°F | 0.8 in |
| Feb | 77.4°F | 56.9°F | 0.7 in |
| Mar | 83.2°F | 62.7°F | 1.4 in |
| Apr | 88.4°F | 68.4°F | 1.4 in |
| May | 93.1°F | 74.1°F | 2 in |
| Jun | 97.4°F | 78°F | 3.1 in |
| Jul | 98.5°F | 78.8°F | 2 in |
| Aug | 99.6°F | 78.9°F | 1.8 in |
| Sep | 94.3°F | 75.6°F | 4.6 in |
| Oct | 89.3°F | 68.7°F | 2.1 in |
| Nov | 80.2°F | 60.1°F | 1.2 in |
| Dec | 73.8°F | 54.1°F | 1.1 in |
Months of hard sun
With 177 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 Pharr
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 Pharr
- McAllen 6 mi
- Mission 9 mi
- Edinburg 11 mi
- Harlingen 31 mi
- Brownsville 46 mi
More about shutters in Pharr
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Pharr’s own figures.
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