Storm door cost in Davenport, IA

How Davenport compares

Same job, same size (1 door), priced for the nearest metros. Peoria is the priciest of the group at $680. Iowa City is the cheapest at $590.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Davenport ranks #128 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Davenport is 2% above the Iowa figure.

Elsewhere in Iowa

Metros of a similar size

Big cities and small ones price differently, so here is Davenport against the 4 metros with the closest total employment.

Pick a size, pick a tier: storm door pricing in Davenport

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Davenport. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from one storm door to front and back doors.

The best months for storm door in Davenport

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Davenport (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For exterior installation, the comfortable months in Davenport are March through November: 9 of 12. Outside them, January, February and December have an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January, February and December the average high stays below 45°F. Sealants, adhesives and some materials, such as vinyl, are harder to install well in the cold, and short daylight cuts the working day.

Davenport gets about 36 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are May, June and July (4.8 inches in May). Inside the workable window, March and November are the driest, at 2.3 and 2.3 inches. The station averages about 13 days a year at 90°F or above.

We do not adjust the estimate by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. It is still worth asking contractors whether an off-peak start date changes their bid.

Who does the work: Davenport trade wages

The labor line is built from BLS wage data, one trade at a time. This job draws on 2 trades. We compare each trade's local median with the US median, weight the ratios by how much of the job each trade does, and apply the blend to the national labor cost. For Davenport the blend is 1.00.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $29.06 an hour, in line with the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $23.15 and $35.60 an hour. About 670 work in the metro. That is 37.1 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 20%) the local median is $24.61 an hour, which is 3% above the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $19.73 and $30.55 an hour. BLS counts 1,940 of them working in the area, 107.5 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is about average.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (carpenters) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $45 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $45. That is a swing of roughly 6.8% to 7.5% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island has 180,450 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 128th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Storm door: what moves the price in Davenport

• Replacing versus new

  Replacing an old storm door runs $400-$1,050 because the old door has to come off.

• Screens and features

  Self-storing and retractable screens, ventilating glass and security features all raise the price.

• Permit

  No permit fee is included in this estimate; storm doors rarely need one.

Planning more than one job in Davenport?

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Davenport wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, patio door comes out highest (−3%) and front door lowest (−4%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.