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Homes in Oceanside
Oceanside's 66,997 homes are a mix: 51% detached houses, 32% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 13% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 44% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 38% are older than that and 18% newer. The median home dates from 1984. 58% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Vista's, 4 miles away. Nationally, Oceanside's homes are newer than those in 66% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
62% 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 Oceanside
The most common home in Oceanside has two bedrooms: 33% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 29%. The median home has 5.2 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 0.6% of the median home value here, $770,300 (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 60% 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.
Oceanside weather and your shutters
At Oceanside Muni AP, CA (2 mi away), August averages a high of 78.3°F and December a low of 39.8°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 5 days a year reach 90°F, 8 nights fall to freezing and 11.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in August.
Daylight runs from 14 h 21 min on the longest day to 9 h 57 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Oceanside Muni AP, CA (temperature) and Oceanside Muni AP, CA (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66.7°F | 40.5°F | 2.4 in |
| Feb | 66°F | 42.1°F | 2.9 in |
| Mar | 66.3°F | 46.2°F | 1.7 in |
| Apr | 68.9°F | 47.6°F | 0.9 in |
| May | 69.8°F | 54.4°F | 0.3 in |
| Jun | 72.7°F | 58.2°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 76.5°F | 62.1°F | 0.1 in |
| Aug | 78.3°F | 62.1°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 77.8°F | 59.2°F | 0.1 in |
| Oct | 75°F | 52.6°F | 0.6 in |
| Nov | 70.9°F | 43.8°F | 0.8 in |
| Dec | 66.1°F | 39.8°F | 2 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 Oceanside
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 Oceanside
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Oceanside’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Oceanside
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Oceanside 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.