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Homes in Normal
Normal's 22,215 homes are a mix: 47% detached houses, 44% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 7% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 34% of homes standing today; 31% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1989. 55% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Bloomington, 3 miles away, 34% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Normal's homes are newer than those in 63% 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.
Shallow openings
31% 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.
A whole house in Normal
The most common home in Normal has four or more bedrooms: 35% of homes. Large houses are common too: 35% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 5.6 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 2.2% of the median home value here, $213,600 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 83% 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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 85% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
35% 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.
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.
Normal weather and your shutters
At Normal 4NE, IL (3 mi away), July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 15.6°F. Average highs reach 85°F in July and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 26 days a year reach 90°F, 133 nights fall to freezing and 38.6 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in February.
That's more freezing nights than in 86% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 4 min on the longest day to 9 h 16 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 73° above the horizon in June and 26° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Normal 4NE, IL (temperature) and Bloomington Wtr Wks, IL (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.4°F | 15.6°F | 2.1 in |
| Feb | 38.2°F | 18.9°F | 1.8 in |
| Mar | 49.8°F | 27.8°F | 2.7 in |
| Apr | 62.8°F | 37.9°F | 3.9 in |
| May | 74°F | 49.8°F | 4.5 in |
| Jun | 83.3°F | 59.9°F | 4.4 in |
| Jul | 86°F | 63°F | 3.8 in |
| Aug | 84.4°F | 60.8°F | 3.8 in |
| Sep | 78.8°F | 53°F | 3.1 in |
| Oct | 65.6°F | 41.8°F | 3.1 in |
| Nov | 50.2°F | 30.7°F | 2.9 in |
| Dec | 38.3°F | 21.4°F | 2.5 in |
Cold winters
With 133 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 Normal
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 Normal
- Bloomington 3 mi
- Peoria 37 mi
- Decatur 46 mi
- Champaign 47 mi
- Springfield 61 mi
- Joliet 82 mi
More about shutters in Normal
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Normal’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Normal
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Normal 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.