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Homes in Plantation
Plantation's 40,014 homes are a mix: 45% detached houses, 44% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 10% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 45% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 40% are older than that and 14% newer. The median home dates from 1984. 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Sunrise's, 3 miles away. Nationally, Plantation's homes are newer than those in 63% 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
44% 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.
Replacement windows
40% 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 Plantation
The most common home in Plantation has two bedrooms: 31% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 28%. The median home has 4.9 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, $483,500 (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 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
18% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 67% 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.
Plantation weather and your shutters
At FT Lauderdale, FL (4 mi away), August averages a high of 90.5°F and January a low of 57.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 75 days a year reach 90°F, 0 nights fall to freezing and 67.8 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in January.
That's more 90°F days than in 70% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 47 min on the longest day to 10 h 30 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, FT Lauderdale, FL (temperature) and Plantation 3.4 E, FL (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 75.6°F | 57.7°F | 2.7 in |
| Feb | 77.2°F | 59.8°F | 2.8 in |
| Mar | 79.3°F | 62.3°F | 3 in |
| Apr | 82.8°F | 67.1°F | 3.4 in |
| May | 85.9°F | 71.2°F | 6 in |
| Jun | 88.8°F | 74.7°F | 8.6 in |
| Jul | 90.2°F | 75.7°F | 8.4 in |
| Aug | 90.5°F | 76.1°F | 8.7 in |
| Sep | 89°F | 75.4°F | 9.2 in |
| Oct | 85.9°F | 72.1°F | 8 in |
| Nov | 80.9°F | 65.6°F | 4.2 in |
| Dec | 77.4°F | 61.1°F | 2.8 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 67.8 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.
Summer sun
On the 75 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 Plantation
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 Plantation
- Sunrise 3 mi
- Lauderhill 3 mi
- Davie 4 mi
- Tamarac 6 mi
- Fort Lauderdale 7 mi
- Weston 9 mi
More about shutters in Plantation
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Plantation’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Plantation
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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.