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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
Jul. 22, 2013
Dec. 27, 2014
Segment
store
factories
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Number of operating segments   2us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Number of operating manufacturing facilities   15cvco_NumberofOperatingManufacturingFacilities
Number of Stores   46us-gaap_NumberOfStores
Stock issued during period, shares, new issues 1,867,370us-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   4.7us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= cvco_WoodlandCaliforniaFacilityMember
Albemarle North Carolina Facility [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets   $ 0.9us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= cvco_AlbemarleNorthCarolinaFacilityMember