Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Gainesville
Homes in Gainesville
Apartments outnumber houses in Gainesville: 55% of its 66,114 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 37% and townhouses and other attached houses 6%.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 38% of homes standing today; 23% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1983. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 38%.
In Ocala, 37 miles away, 39% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Gainesville's homes are newer than those in 57% 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
55% 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.
Renting?
62% 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.
Replacement windows
38% 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.
A whole house in Gainesville
The most common home in Gainesville has two bedrooms: 34% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 30%. The median home has 4.7 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among apartments in buildings of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $900 to $2,000. For scale, that's about 0.6% of the median home value here, $247,500 (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 home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$900 to $2,000
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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 77% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
Working from home
15% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 56% 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.
Gainesville weather and your shutters
At Gainesville Rgnl AP, FL (4 mi away), July averages a high of 91.1°F and January a low of 42.6°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September.
About 90 days a year reach 90°F, 15 nights fall to freezing and 54.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around August and least in November.
Among the Florida cities we have climate normals for, Gainesville has the second-most freezing days.
That's more 90°F days than in 76% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 3 min on the longest day to 10 h 14 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 84° above the horizon in June and 37° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Gainesville Rgnl AP, FL (temperature) and Gainesville 1.7 SE, FL (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67.1°F | 42.6°F | 3.6 in |
| Feb | 70.9°F | 45.9°F | 3 in |
| Mar | 75.8°F | 49.7°F | 3.6 in |
| Apr | 81.5°F | 55.5°F | 3.1 in |
| May | 87.4°F | 62.6°F | 3.6 in |
| Jun | 90.3°F | 69.5°F | 8 in |
| Jul | 91.1°F | 71.6°F | 7.1 in |
| Aug | 90.5°F | 72°F | 8.1 in |
| Sep | 88.1°F | 69.4°F | 6.2 in |
| Oct | 82.1°F | 60.6°F | 3.2 in |
| Nov | 74.7°F | 50.6°F | 2.1 in |
| Dec | 69.3°F | 45.2°F | 3.1 in |
Summer sun
On the 90 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.
Humid summers
Hot days and 54.7 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Gainesville
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 Gainesville
- Ocala 37 mi
- The Villages 58 mi
- Jacksonville 61 mi
- Palm Coast 67 mi
- Daytona Beach 83 mi
- Apopka 83 mi
More about shutters in Gainesville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Gainesville’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Gainesville
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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.