Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Johns Creek
Homes in Johns Creek
Johns Creek is a city of houses: of its 29,895 homes, 78% are detached, 8% are townhouses and other attached houses and 13% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 68% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 4% are older than that and 28% newer. The median home dates from 1995. Owners live in 80% of homes.
Of the 20 Georgia cities we have census figures for, Johns Creek has the newest homes and the smallest share of apartments. In Alpharetta, 5 miles away, 33% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Johns Creek's homes are newer than those in 97% 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
96% 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 78% 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.
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 Johns Creek
The most common home in Johns Creek has four or more bedrooms: 63% of homes. Large houses are common too: 63% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 7.9 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 0.7% of the median home value here, $629,400 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in any other of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
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 windowsPricing a whole house at once
63% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
Working from home
38% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in any other 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.
Johns Creek weather and your shutters
At Atlanta Peachtree AP, GA (12 mi away), July averages a high of 89.4°F and January a low of 32.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August.
About 53 days a year reach 90°F, 49 nights fall to freezing and 55.1 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 57% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 25 min on the longest day to 9 h 53 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 79° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Atlanta Peachtree AP, GA (temperature) and Johns Creek 3.0 Ssw, GA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51.9°F | 32.7°F | 5 in |
| Feb | 56.4°F | 35.9°F | 4.8 in |
| Mar | 64.4°F | 42.2°F | 5.1 in |
| Apr | 72.7°F | 49.2°F | 3.9 in |
| May | 80.3°F | 58.5°F | 4 in |
| Jun | 86.2°F | 66.3°F | 4.6 in |
| Jul | 89.4°F | 69.9°F | 5.7 in |
| Aug | 88.2°F | 69.1°F | 4.4 in |
| Sep | 82.9°F | 62.8°F | 4.3 in |
| Oct | 72.8°F | 50.9°F | 3.9 in |
| Nov | 62.5°F | 40.6°F | 4.4 in |
| Dec | 54.4°F | 35.5°F | 5 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 55.1 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 Johns Creek
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 Johns Creek
- Alpharetta 5 mi
- Roswell 9 mi
- Dunwoody 9 mi
- Sandy Springs 12 mi
- Brookhaven 14 mi
- Marietta 20 mi
More about shutters in Johns Creek
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Johns Creek’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Johns Creek
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Johns Creek 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.