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Homes in Aurora
Aurora's 63,763 homes are a mix: 59% detached houses, 24% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 17% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 33% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 42% are older than that and 25% newer. The median home dates from 1987. 66% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Naperville, 7 miles away, 26% of homes were built before 1980, so Aurora's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Aurora's homes are newer than those in 60% 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.
Townhouses
17% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on townhouses usually need a separate panel set for each face.
A whole house in Aurora
The most common home in Aurora has three bedrooms: 38% of homes. 23% have four bedrooms or more, and 11% have one or none. The median home has 5.7 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 1.7% of the median home value here, $274,800 (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 73% 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.
Working from home
16% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 61% 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
6.1% of people in Aurora are under five, more than in 60% 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.
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.
Aurora weather and your shutters
At Aurora, IL (1 mi away), July averages a high of 84°F and January a low of 16°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 16 days a year reach 90°F, 134 nights fall to freezing and 39.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in February.
That's more freezing nights than in 87% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 13 min on the longest day to 9 h 8 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 72° above the horizon in June and 25° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Aurora, IL (temperature) and Aurora, IL (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.5°F | 16°F | 1.9 in |
| Feb | 34.9°F | 19.5°F | 1.8 in |
| Mar | 47°F | 28.9°F | 2.4 in |
| Apr | 59.8°F | 39.3°F | 4.1 in |
| May | 71.1°F | 50.1°F | 4.9 in |
| Jun | 80.5°F | 60.1°F | 4.5 in |
| Jul | 84°F | 64.8°F | 4.2 in |
| Aug | 82.1°F | 63.1°F | 3.9 in |
| Sep | 75.8°F | 55.3°F | 3.4 in |
| Oct | 62.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.7 in |
| Nov | 47.8°F | 31.7°F | 2.7 in |
| Dec | 35.6°F | 21.8°F | 2.2 in |
Cold winters
With 134 freezing nights a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Fitting them in Aurora
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 Aurora
- Naperville 7 mi
- Bolingbrook 11 mi
- Wheaton 11 mi
- Downers Grove 14 mi
- Joliet 19 mi
- Elgin 19 mi
More about shutters in Aurora
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Aurora’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Aurora
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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.