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Homes in Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls is a city of houses: of its 43,371 homes, 69% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 27% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 48% of homes standing today; 14% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1972. 56% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 76 Texas cities we have census figures for, Wichita Falls has the highest share of older homes. Its housing is much like Lawton's, 50 miles away. Nationally, Wichita Falls's homes are older 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 64% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Replacement windows
48% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 69% 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.
A whole house in Wichita Falls
The most common home in Wichita Falls has three bedrooms: 46% of homes. 14% have four bedrooms or more, and 15% have one or none. The median home has 5.2 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 2.9% of the median home value here, $156,800 (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 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 95% 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 Wichita Falls are under five, more than in 66% 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.
Wichita Falls weather and your shutters
At Wichita Falls Muni AP, TX (6 mi away), July averages a high of 97.2°F and January a low of 30°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to January.
About 105 days a year reach 90°F, 59 nights fall to freezing and 27.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in January.
That's more 90°F days than in 85% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 25 min on the longest day to 9 h 54 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Wichita Falls Muni AP, TX (temperature) and Wichita Falls Muni AP, TX (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54.7°F | 30°F | 1.2 in |
| Feb | 59°F | 33.6°F | 1.4 in |
| Mar | 67.9°F | 41.6°F | 2 in |
| Apr | 76°F | 49.6°F | 2.5 in |
| May | 83.9°F | 59.7°F | 3.8 in |
| Jun | 92°F | 68.3°F | 3.4 in |
| Jul | 97.2°F | 72.2°F | 2 in |
| Aug | 96.6°F | 71.5°F | 2.5 in |
| Sep | 88.3°F | 63.8°F | 3 in |
| Oct | 77.3°F | 51.9°F | 2.9 in |
| Nov | 65.2°F | 40.2°F | 1.6 in |
| Dec | 55.7°F | 31.8°F | 1.6 in |
Summer sun
On the 105 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 Wichita Falls
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 Wichita Falls
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Wichita Falls’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Wichita Falls
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Wichita Falls 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.