Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Palmdale
Homes in Palmdale
Palmdale is a city of houses: of its 48,467 homes, 79% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 15% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 55% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 19% are older than that and 25% newer. The median home dates from 1989. 66% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Lancaster, 8 miles away, 34% of homes were built before 1980, so Palmdale's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Palmdale's homes are newer than those in 86% 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
81% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 79% 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.
A whole house in Palmdale
The most common home in Palmdale has four or more bedrooms: 39% of homes. Large houses are common too: 39% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.1 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% of the median home value here, $471,000 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 88% 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 windowsYoung children at home
6.9% of people in Palmdale are under five, more than in 87% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
Pricing a whole house at once
39% 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.
Palmdale weather and your shutters
At Palmdale, CA (1 mi away), July averages a high of 97.6°F and December a low of 34.2°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 118 days a year reach 90°F, 38 nights fall to freezing and 7.2 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in June.
That's more 90°F days than in 93% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 28 min on the longest day to 9 h 50 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, Palmdale, CA (temperature) and Palmdale, CA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59.5°F | 34.7°F | 1.4 in |
| Feb | 62.9°F | 37.4°F | 1.8 in |
| Mar | 69.2°F | 41.6°F | 1.1 in |
| Apr | 75.4°F | 45.8°F | 0.4 in |
| May | 82.7°F | 53.3°F | 0.1 in |
| Jun | 91.6°F | 60.6°F | 0 in |
| Jul | 97.6°F | 67.5°F | 0.2 in |
| Aug | 97.6°F | 66.3°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 92.5°F | 60.4°F | 0.1 in |
| Oct | 80.8°F | 50.1°F | 0.4 in |
| Nov | 67.7°F | 39.5°F | 0.4 in |
| Dec | 58.1°F | 34.2°F | 1.3 in |
Dry air
Only 7.2 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 29°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 118 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 Palmdale
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 Palmdale
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Palmdale’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Palmdale
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Palmdale 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.