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Investments Investments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Available-for-sale Securities $ 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities  
Investments (Textual) [Abstract]    
Gross gains realized 871,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains 885,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains
Gross losses realized (254,000)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses (320,000)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses
Common stock of industrial and other companies [Member]    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Fair Value 5,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfIndustrialAndOtherCompaniesMember
4,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfIndustrialAndOtherCompaniesMember
Total unrealized losses (85,000)us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLoss1
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfIndustrialAndOtherCompaniesMember
(64,000)us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLoss1
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfIndustrialAndOtherCompaniesMember
Common stock of bank trust, insurance, and public utility companies [Member]    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Fair Value 100,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfBankInsuranceAndPublicUtilityCompaniesMember
500,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfBankInsuranceAndPublicUtilityCompaniesMember
Total unrealized losses $ (3,000)us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLoss1
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfBankInsuranceAndPublicUtilityCompaniesMember
$ (9,000)us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLoss1
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= cvco_CommonStockOfBankInsuranceAndPublicUtilityCompaniesMember