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Homes in Glendale
Apartments outnumber houses in Glendale: 63% of its 77,783 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 33% and townhouses and other attached houses 4%.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 40% of homes standing today; 10% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1966. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 35%.
In Burbank, 4 miles away, 50% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Glendale's homes are older than those in 75% 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.
Apartments and condos
63% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
Out-of-square openings
With 69% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Plaster walls and deep casings
29% of homes date from before 1950, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Renting?
65% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
Glendale weather and your shutters
At Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA (6 mi away), August averages a high of 88.3°F and December a low of 41.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to September.
About 55 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 16.8 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 59% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 26 min on the longest day to 9 h 52 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 79° above the horizon in June and 32° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA (temperature) and Glendale 2.4 Wsw, CA (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69°F | 42.6°F | 3.2 in |
| Feb | 68.5°F | 44°F | 5 in |
| Mar | 71°F | 46.9°F | 3 in |
| Apr | 73.5°F | 50.2°F | 0.8 in |
| May | 75.4°F | 54.7°F | 0.5 in |
| Jun | 80.1°F | 58.7°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 85.8°F | 62.6°F | 0 in |
| Aug | 88.3°F | 62.9°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 86.8°F | 60.6°F | 0.2 in |
| Oct | 80.9°F | 54.2°F | 0.4 in |
| Nov | 74.6°F | 46.3°F | 0.9 in |
| Dec | 68°F | 41.7°F | 2.7 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.
Fitting them in Glendale
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 Glendale
- Burbank 4 mi
- Pasadena 6 mi
- Alhambra 9 mi
- Monterey Park 11 mi
- East Los Angeles 11 mi
- Rosemead 12 mi
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