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Homes in Delano
Delano is a city of houses: of its 12,647 homes, 75% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 18% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 33% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 40% are older than that and 27% newer. The median home dates from 1989. 63% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Porterville, 24 miles away, 50% of homes were built before 1980, so Delano's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Delano's homes are newer than those in 64% 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 75% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
60% 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.
A whole house in Delano
The most common home in Delano has three bedrooms: 41% of homes. 29% have four bedrooms or more, and 9% have one or none. The median home has 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 1.5% of the median home value here, $301,900 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 75% 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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 68% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
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.
Delano weather and your shutters
At Delano, CA (1 mi away), July averages a high of 97.3°F and December a low of 36.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 116 days a year reach 90°F, 18 nights fall to freezing and 7.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 35 min on the longest day to 9 h 44 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 78° above the horizon in June and 31° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Delano, CA (temperature) and Delano, CA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 37.7°F | 1.4 in |
| Feb | 62.8°F | 40.9°F | 1.3 in |
| Mar | 69.2°F | 44.8°F | 1.4 in |
| Apr | 75°F | 49.1°F | 0.6 in |
| May | 83.1°F | 55.5°F | 0.4 in |
| Jun | 92.2°F | 61.8°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 97.3°F | 67.6°F | 0 in |
| Aug | 96.5°F | 65.5°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 90.7°F | 61.6°F | 0 in |
| Oct | 79.6°F | 52.6°F | 0.4 in |
| Nov | 66.3°F | 42.5°F | 0.7 in |
| Dec | 57.2°F | 36.7°F | 1.2 in |
Dry air
Only 7.5 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 26°F apart. Dry air pulls moisture out of wood, so poplar louvers can shrink very slightly through their first dry season; that's normal for real wood.
Summer sun
On the 116 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 Delano
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 Delano
- Porterville 24 mi
- Tulare 30 mi
- Bakersfield 31 mi
- Visalia 39 mi
- Hanford 45 mi
- Fresno 76 mi
More about shutters in Delano
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Delano’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Delano
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Delano 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.