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Homes in Mableton
Mableton is a city of houses: of its 31,481 homes, 67% are detached, 9% are townhouses and other attached houses and 20% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Mableton is new: 35% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 35% before 1980. The median home dates from 1988. 65% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Smyrna, 5 miles away, 36% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Mableton's homes are newer than those in 70% 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
35% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 67% 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
65% 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.
A whole house in Mableton
The most common home in Mableton has three bedrooms: 46% of homes. 28% have four bedrooms or more, and 6% have one or none. The median home has 5.9 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 1.5% of the median home value here, $313,100 (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 73% 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.
Young children at home
6.4% of people in Mableton are under five, more than in 72% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 65% 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.
Mableton weather and your shutters
At Mableton 1 N, GA (2 mi away), July averages a high of 83.8°F and January a low of 31.7°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing in January.
About 10 days a year reach 90°F, 63 nights fall to freezing and 56.1 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Georgia cities we have climate normals for, Mableton has the second-most freezing days and the most precipitation.
That's more freezing nights than in 54% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 24 min on the longest day to 9 h 54 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Mableton 1 N, GA (temperature) and Mableton 1 N, GA (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53.3°F | 31.7°F | 4.9 in |
| Feb | 57.4°F | 34.6°F | 4.9 in |
| Mar | 65.4°F | 40.2°F | 4.9 in |
| Apr | 71.7°F | 48.3°F | 4 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 57.4°F | 4.2 in |
| Jun | 82.4°F | 65.1°F | 4.1 in |
| Jul | 83.8°F | 68.4°F | 7 in |
| Aug | 83.6°F | 67.9°F | 4.8 in |
| Sep | 79.5°F | 61.8°F | 3.7 in |
| Oct | 70.8°F | 50.9°F | 4.2 in |
| Nov | 62.9°F | 39.8°F | 4.5 in |
| Dec | 55.4°F | 34.9°F | 4.9 in |
Wet months
56.1 inches of precipitation a year keeps the air damp for long stretches. Steam and condensation are hard on any joint, so in kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms keep the air moving and wipe water off the sill before it sits.
Fitting them in Mableton
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 Mableton
- Smyrna 5 mi
- Atlanta 9 mi
- Marietta 10 mi
- South Fulton 12 mi
- Brookhaven 14 mi
- Sandy Springs 14 mi
More about shutters in Mableton
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Price your windows
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