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Homes in Winter Haven
Winter Haven is a city of houses: of its 23,431 homes, 66% are detached, 4% are townhouses and other attached houses and 25% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Winter Haven is new: 43% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 34% before 1980. The median home dates from 1990. 64% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Lakeland, 14 miles away, 45% of homes were built before 1980, so Winter Haven's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Winter Haven's homes are newer than those in 71% 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.
Shallow openings
43% 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.
Manufactured homes
6% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
66% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 66% 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.
Winter Haven weather and your shutters
At Winter Haven Gilbert AP, FL (2 mi away), July averages a high of 92.9°F and January a low of 51.9°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 121 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 46.1 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in November.
Among the Florida cities we have climate normals for, Winter Haven has the least precipitation.
That's more 90°F days than in 94% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 55 min on the longest day to 10 h 22 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 85° above the horizon in June and 39° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Winter Haven Gilbert AP, FL (temperature) and Winter Haven Gilbert AP, FL (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 72.5°F | 51.9°F | 2.5 in |
| Feb | 75.6°F | 54.6°F | 2.4 in |
| Mar | 79.7°F | 58.5°F | 3 in |
| Apr | 84.6°F | 63.1°F | 2.5 in |
| May | 89.7°F | 69°F | 2.7 in |
| Jun | 92.2°F | 73.8°F | 7.4 in |
| Jul | 92.9°F | 75.4°F | 7.4 in |
| Aug | 92.7°F | 75.6°F | 6.5 in |
| Sep | 90.8°F | 74.1°F | 5.3 in |
| Oct | 86.1°F | 68°F | 2.2 in |
| Nov | 79.5°F | 60°F | 1.5 in |
| Dec | 74.4°F | 54.8°F | 2.7 in |
Months of hard sun
With 121 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Humid summers
Hot days and 46.1 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 Winter Haven
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 Winter Haven
- Lakeland 14 mi
- Poinciana 16 mi
- Four Corners 21 mi
- Kissimmee 27 mi
- Horizon West 29 mi
- St. Cloud 30 mi
More about shutters in Winter Haven
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Winter Haven’s own figures.
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.