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Homes in Spring Hill
Spring Hill is a city of houses: of its 48,996 homes, 88% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 7% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 50% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 13% are older than that and 37% newer. The median home dates from 1993. Owners live in 80% of homes.
In nearby Wesley Chapel, 23 miles away, 4% of homes were built before 1980, so Spring Hill's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Spring Hill's homes are newer than those in 91% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 88% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
87% 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
37% 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 80% 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.
A whole house in Spring Hill
The most common home in Spring Hill has three bedrooms: 51% of homes. 19% have four bedrooms or more, and 2% have one or none. The median home has 5.8 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 1.6% of the median home value here, $288,500 (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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 71% 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.
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.
Spring Hill weather and your shutters
At Weeki Wachee, FL (4 mi away), August averages a high of 91.9°F and January a low of 47.4°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 106 days a year reach 90°F, 8 nights fall to freezing and 56.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around July and least in November.
That's more 90°F days than in 86% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 57 min on the longest day to 10 h 20 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 85° above the horizon in June and 38° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Weeki Wachee, FL (temperature) and Spring Hill 2.4 NW, FL (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71.6°F | 47.4°F | 3.2 in |
| Feb | 74.4°F | 50.7°F | 2.7 in |
| Mar | 78.4°F | 54.7°F | 3.2 in |
| Apr | 83.9°F | 59.6°F | 2.7 in |
| May | 88.2°F | 65.9°F | 3.1 in |
| Jun | 90.7°F | 72.5°F | 8.3 in |
| Jul | 91.7°F | 74.1°F | 9.6 in |
| Aug | 91.9°F | 74°F | 9.1 in |
| Sep | 90.9°F | 72.3°F | 7 in |
| Oct | 85.8°F | 65°F | 2.9 in |
| Nov | 79.1°F | 55.4°F | 2.1 in |
| Dec | 73.8°F | 51°F | 2.6 in |
Summer sun
On the 106 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 56.5 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 Spring Hill
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 Spring Hill
- Wesley Chapel 23 mi
- Palm Harbor 30 mi
- Town 'n' Country 32 mi
- Tampa 35 mi
- Clearwater 37 mi
- Brandon 40 mi
More about shutters in Spring Hill
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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.