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Homes in Palm Desert
Palm Desert has an unusually large share of townhouses and other attached houses: 31% of its 37,028 homes, beside 38% detached houses and 22% apartments.
The 1980s and 1990s built 49% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 33% are older than that and 18% newer. The median home dates from 1985. 65% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Indio, 7 miles away, 25% of homes were built before 1980, so Palm Desert's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Palm Desert's homes are newer than those in 72% 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.
Townhouses
31% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on townhouses usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Manufactured homes
10% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Rounded drywall corners
67% 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.
Palm Desert weather and your shutters
At Indio Fire Stn, CA (9 mi away), July averages a high of 105.8°F and December a low of 45.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 184 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 5.1 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in May.
Among the California cities we have climate normals for, Palm Desert has the most hot days.
That's more 90°F days than in 100% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 24 min on the longest day to 9 h 54 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, Indio Fire Stn, CA (temperature) and Deep Canyon Lab, CA (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70.3°F | 46.8°F | 1 in |
| Feb | 73.3°F | 51°F | 0.9 in |
| Mar | 79.9°F | 57.2°F | 0.6 in |
| Apr | 85.8°F | 63.1°F | 0.2 in |
| May | 93.1°F | 69.3°F | 0 in |
| Jun | 101.7°F | 76.6°F | 0 in |
| Jul | 105.8°F | 82.5°F | 0.3 in |
| Aug | 105.2°F | 82.5°F | 0.5 in |
| Sep | 100.8°F | 76.5°F | 0.4 in |
| Oct | 90.5°F | 65.8°F | 0.2 in |
| Nov | 78°F | 53°F | 0.3 in |
| Dec | 68.8°F | 45.3°F | 0.7 in |
Months of hard sun
With 184 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Palm Desert
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 Palm Desert
- Indio 7 mi
- Cathedral City 9 mi
- Beaumont 35 mi
- Hemet 37 mi
- San Jacinto 37 mi
- Yucaipa 44 mi
More about shutters in Palm Desert
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Palm Desert’s own figures.
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