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Homes in Watsonville
Watsonville's 15,790 homes are a mix: 53% detached houses, 33% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 8% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 42% of homes standing today; 19% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1977. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 45%.
In nearby Gilroy, 12 miles away, 35% of homes were built before 1980, so Watsonville's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Watsonville's homes are older than those in 60% 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.
Manufactured homes
7% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 56% 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.
Replacement windows
42% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Renting?
55% 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.
A whole house in Watsonville
The most common home in Watsonville has two bedrooms: 34% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 32%. The median home has 4.6 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 0.7% of the median home value here, $686,000 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are smaller than in 82% of the 881 US cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
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 windowsOlder homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 84% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and 56% of homes were built before 1980. If an older house still has good wood shutters, repair them before you replace them; if not, poplar painted to match the trim suits original casings.
Young children at home
6.1% of people in Watsonville are under five, more than in 60% 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.
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.
Watsonville weather and your shutters
At Watsonville Wtr Wks, CA (1 mi away), September averages a high of 74.2°F and December a low of 39.3°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 7 days a year reach 90°F, 8 nights fall to freezing and 22.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in July.
Daylight runs from 14 h 42 min on the longest day to 9 h 37 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 77° above the horizon in June and 30° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Watsonville Wtr Wks, CA (temperature) and Watsonville Wtr Wks, CA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62°F | 39.9°F | 4.4 in |
| Feb | 63.4°F | 41.5°F | 4.5 in |
| Mar | 65.1°F | 43.4°F | 3.6 in |
| Apr | 67.5°F | 45.3°F | 1.6 in |
| May | 69°F | 48.9°F | 0.6 in |
| Jun | 71.2°F | 51.6°F | 0.1 in |
| Jul | 71.1°F | 54.1°F | 0 in |
| Aug | 72.4°F | 54.5°F | 0 in |
| Sep | 74.2°F | 52.8°F | 0.1 in |
| Oct | 73.7°F | 48.7°F | 1 in |
| Nov | 67.8°F | 43.2°F | 2.3 in |
| Dec | 61.8°F | 39.3°F | 4.5 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 Watsonville
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 Watsonville
- Gilroy 12 mi
- Santa Cruz 15 mi
- Salinas 18 mi
- San Jose 26 mi
- Cupertino 31 mi
- Santa Clara 32 mi
More about shutters in Watsonville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Watsonville’s own figures.
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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.