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Basis of Presentation (Principles of Consolidation) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 22, 2013 | Dec. 27, 2014 Segment store factories
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Number of operating segments |  | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Number of operating manufacturing facilities |  | 15 cvco_NumberofOperatingManufacturingFacilities
Number of Stores |  | 46 us-gaap_NumberOfStores
Stock issued during period, shares, new issues | 1,867,370 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues |
Gain/Loss on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges |  | $ (1.3)us-gaap_GainLossOnSalesOfAssetsAndAssetImpairmentCharges
Fleetwood Homes [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Percentage owenership by Cavco | 100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cvco_FleetwoodHomesMember |
Third Avenue Management LLC [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of Interest Owned by Related Party |  | 19.40%cvco_PercentageOfInterestOwnedByRelatedParty / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cvco_ThirdAvenueManagementLlcMember
Woodland California Facility |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets |  | 4.7 us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cvco_WoodlandCaliforniaFacilityMember
Albemarle North Carolina Facility [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets |  | $ 0.9 us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cvco_AlbemarleNorthCarolinaFacilityMember

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