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Homes in Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook is a city of houses: of its 24,498 homes, 72% are detached, 14% are townhouses and other attached houses and 14% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 39% of homes standing today; 26% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1989. Owners live in 79% of homes.
Of the 30 Illinois cities we have census figures for, Bolingbrook has the smallest share of apartments. In nearby Naperville, 5 miles away, 26% of homes were built before 1980, so Bolingbrook's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Bolingbrook's homes are newer than those in 62% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 72% 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 79% 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.
Replacement windows
39% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Bolingbrook weather and your shutters
At Romeoville Wfo, IL (6 mi away), July averages a high of 84.7°F and January a low of 16.1°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 16 days a year reach 90°F, 123 nights fall to freezing and 40 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more freezing nights than in 80% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 12 min on the longest day to 9 h 9 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, Romeoville Wfo, IL (temperature) and Naperville 4.0 Ssw, IL (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.7°F | 16.1°F | 2 in |
| Feb | 36.3°F | 19.7°F | 1.9 in |
| Mar | 48.5°F | 29.7°F | 2.5 in |
| Apr | 61°F | 39.6°F | 3.9 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 50.3°F | 4.6 in |
| Jun | 81.5°F | 60.3°F | 4.6 in |
| Jul | 84.7°F | 64.5°F | 4.2 in |
| Aug | 82.7°F | 63°F | 4.3 in |
| Sep | 76.4°F | 55.4°F | 3.3 in |
| Oct | 63.8°F | 43.5°F | 3.8 in |
| Nov | 48.9°F | 31.9°F | 2.7 in |
| Dec | 36.8°F | 22°F | 2.2 in |
Cold winters
With 123 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 Bolingbrook
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 Bolingbrook
- Naperville 5 mi
- Downers Grove 9 mi
- Aurora 11 mi
- Wheaton 12 mi
- Joliet 12 mi
- Orland Park 14 mi
More about shutters in Bolingbrook
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Bolingbrook’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.