Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2016
Earnings Per Share Computation
Net income attributable to Cavco common stockholders	$ 11,753	$ 5,443
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	9,006,999	8,937,265
Common stock equivalents - treasury stock method (in shares)	155,492	147,777
Diluted (in shares)	9,162,491	9,085,042
Net income per share attributable to Cavco common stockholders:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 1.30	$ 0.61
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 1.28	$ 0.60
Anti-dilutive stock equivalents excluded from computation	10,973	2,147