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Homes in Marietta
Marietta's 26,783 homes are a mix: 43% detached houses, 44% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 12% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 42% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 33% are older than that and 25% newer. The median home dates from 1987. 47% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Smyrna, 6 miles away, 36% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Marietta's homes are newer than those in 72% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
67% 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 Marietta
The most common home in Marietta has two bedrooms: 31% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 26%. The median home has 5.2 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among apartments in buildings of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $900 to $2,000. For scale, that's about 0.3% of the median home value here, $448,500 (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 home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$900 to $2,000
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 windowsYoung children at home
6.6% of people in Marietta are under five, more than in 79% 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.
Working from home
19% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 72% 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.
Marietta weather and your shutters
At Mableton 1 N, GA (7 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 51.2 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Georgia cities we have climate normals for, Marietta has the second-most freezing days.
That's more freezing nights than in 54% 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, Mableton 1 N, GA (temperature) and Smyrna 2.3 NE, GA (precipitation, 5 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 | 4.6 in |
| Feb | 57.4°F | 34.6°F | 4.6 in |
| Mar | 65.4°F | 40.2°F | 4.9 in |
| Apr | 71.7°F | 48.3°F | 4.3 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 57.4°F | 3.8 in |
| Jun | 82.4°F | 65.1°F | 4.2 in |
| Jul | 83.8°F | 68.4°F | 4.8 in |
| Aug | 83.6°F | 67.9°F | 3.9 in |
| Sep | 79.5°F | 61.8°F | 3.9 in |
| Oct | 70.8°F | 50.9°F | 3.5 in |
| Nov | 62.9°F | 39.8°F | 4.1 in |
| Dec | 55.4°F | 34.9°F | 4.6 in |
Wet months
51.2 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 Marietta
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 Marietta
- Smyrna 6 mi
- Mableton 10 mi
- Sandy Springs 10 mi
- Roswell 12 mi
- Dunwoody 13 mi
- Brookhaven 13 mi
More about shutters in Marietta
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Marietta’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Marietta
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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.