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Homes in New Braunfels
New Braunfels is a city of houses: of its 44,517 homes, 68% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 24% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of New Braunfels is new: 63% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 20% before 1980. The median home dates from 2006. 65% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In San Marcos, 16 miles away, 58% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, New Braunfels's homes are newer than those in 85% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Shallow openings
63% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Rounded drywall corners
80% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
Whole-house orders
With 68% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
A whole house in New Braunfels
The most common home in New Braunfels has three bedrooms: 44% of homes. 25% have four bedrooms or more, and 14% have one or none. The median home has 5.5 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among detached houses has 10 to 15 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $3,200 to $6,000. For scale, that's about 1.4% of the median home value here, $339,400 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home10–15 windows
All of them shuttered$3,200 to $6,000
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsWorking from home
16% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 59% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Ages (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
New Braunfels weather and your shutters
At New Braunfels, TX (4 mi away), August averages a high of 94.6°F and January a low of 36.9°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September.
About 117 days a year reach 90°F, 32 nights fall to freezing and 35.5 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 3 min on the longest day to 10 h 14 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 84° above the horizon in June and 37° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, New Braunfels, TX (temperature) and New Braunfels 0.1 Ene, TX (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61.7°F | 36.9°F | 2.3 in |
| Feb | 66°F | 40.1°F | 1.8 in |
| Mar | 72.5°F | 48°F | 2.7 in |
| Apr | 78.8°F | 54.3°F | 2.4 in |
| May | 85°F | 63.7°F | 4.4 in |
| Jun | 90.4°F | 69.8°F | 3.8 in |
| Jul | 93.4°F | 72.1°F | 2.6 in |
| Aug | 94.6°F | 71.3°F | 2.5 in |
| Sep | 89.3°F | 65.9°F | 3.8 in |
| Oct | 81.2°F | 55.8°F | 4.2 in |
| Nov | 70.6°F | 46.1°F | 2.6 in |
| Dec | 63.2°F | 40.1°F | 2.4 in |
Summer sun
On the 117 days a year above 90°F, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Fitting them in New Braunfels
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near New Braunfels
- San Marcos 16 mi
- Kyle 25 mi
- San Antonio 30 mi
- Austin 47 mi
- Cedar Park 59 mi
- Pflugerville 60 mi
More about shutters in New Braunfels
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Price your windows
Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.