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Homes in Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Beach Gardens's 31,400 homes are a mix: 47% detached houses, 36% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 15% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 41% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 18% are older than that and 41% newer. The median home dates from 1995. Owners live in 73% of homes.
Its housing is much like Jupiter's, 6 miles away. Nationally, Palm Beach Gardens's homes are newer than those in 87% 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
82% 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.
Shallow openings
41% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 73% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
Apartments and condos
36% 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.
A whole house in Palm Beach Gardens
The most common home in Palm Beach Gardens has three bedrooms: 39% of homes. 22% have four bedrooms or more, and 8% have one or none. The median home has 5.4 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 0.8% of the median home value here, $606,100 (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
20% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 74% 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.
Palm Beach Gardens weather and your shutters
At Palm Beach Gardens, FL (2 mi away), August averages a high of 89.4°F and January a low of 55.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 55 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 66.2 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in February.
That's more 90°F days than in 59% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 50 min on the longest day to 10 h 27 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 87° above the horizon in June and 40° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (temperature) and Palm Beach Gardens, FL (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 73.5°F | 55.5°F | 3.4 in |
| Feb | 75.2°F | 57°F | 2.6 in |
| Mar | 77.2°F | 60.4°F | 3.8 in |
| Apr | 81.4°F | 64.4°F | 3.2 in |
| May | 84.1°F | 68.9°F | 6.4 in |
| Jun | 87.8°F | 73.4°F | 9.2 in |
| Jul | 89.2°F | 75°F | 7.2 in |
| Aug | 89.4°F | 75.3°F | 8.3 in |
| Sep | 88°F | 74.9°F | 8.4 in |
| Oct | 84.5°F | 70.6°F | 6 in |
| Nov | 79.8°F | 64.5°F | 3.9 in |
| Dec | 75.3°F | 59.6°F | 3.8 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 66.2 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 Palm Beach Gardens
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 Beach Gardens
- Jupiter 6 mi
- West Palm Beach 7 mi
- Wellington 15 mi
- Boynton Beach 23 mi
- Stuart 24 mi
- Delray Beach 27 mi
More about shutters in Palm Beach Gardens
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 Beach Gardens’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Palm Beach Gardens
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Palm Beach Gardens 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.