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Homes in Pittsburg
Pittsburg is a city of houses: of its 24,482 homes, 68% are detached, 7% are townhouses and other attached houses and 21% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 35% of homes standing today; 25% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1983. 62% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Antioch's, 6 miles away. Nationally, Pittsburg's homes are newer than those in 57% 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.
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.
Replacement windows
35% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
A whole house in Pittsburg
The most common home in Pittsburg has three bedrooms: 39% of homes. Large houses are common too: 31% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 5.7 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 0.8% of the median home value here, $597,900 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 78% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
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 windowsOlder homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 77% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and 44% of homes were built before 1980. If an older house still has good wood shutters, repair them before you replace them; if not, poplar painted to match the trim suits original casings.
Pricing a whole house at once
31% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
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.
Pittsburg weather and your shutters
At Antioch Pumping Plt #3, CA (9 mi away), July averages a high of 91.4°F and January a low of 40.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 64 days a year reach 90°F, 7 nights fall to freezing and 19.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 64% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 48 min on the longest day to 9 h 31 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 75° above the horizon in June and 29° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Antioch Pumping Plt #3, CA (temperature) and Concord 2.1 SE, CA (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55.7°F | 40.3°F | 3.7 in |
| Feb | 60.8°F | 43.9°F | 4.1 in |
| Mar | 66.5°F | 46.6°F | 2.8 in |
| Apr | 72.1°F | 49.5°F | 1.4 in |
| May | 79°F | 54.3°F | 0.7 in |
| Jun | 86.3°F | 59°F | 0.2 in |
| Jul | 91.4°F | 60.6°F | 0 in |
| Aug | 90.2°F | 60.3°F | 0.1 in |
| Sep | 86.7°F | 58.7°F | 0.1 in |
| Oct | 77.5°F | 54.2°F | 0.9 in |
| Nov | 64.6°F | 46.2°F | 1.8 in |
| Dec | 55.8°F | 40.4°F | 3.5 in |
Dry summers, wet winters
Barely any of the year's precipitation falls in June, July and August; most comes in the cool months. Wood takes on moisture in the wet season and gives it back in the dry one, so expect the panels to feel slightly tighter in winter than in summer. Fit them in the season you're in, and leave the hinge screws a quarter turn from tight until they've been through both.
Summer sun
On the 64 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 Pittsburg
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.
More about shutters in Pittsburg
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Pittsburg’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Pittsburg
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Pittsburg can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
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.