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Homes in Tinley Park
Tinley Park has an unusually large share of townhouses and other attached houses: 22% of its 23,146 homes, beside 55% detached houses and 23% apartments.
The 1980s and 1990s built 39% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 38% are older than that and 23% newer. The median home dates from 1987. Owners live in 87% of homes.
Of the 30 Illinois cities we have census figures for, Tinley Park has some of the newest homes. In nearby Orland Park, 4 miles away, 30% of homes were built before 1980, so Tinley Park's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Tinley Park's homes are newer than those in 66% 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
22% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 87% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
62% 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.
Replacement windows
35% 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.
Tinley Park weather and your shutters
At Park Forest, IL (8 mi away), July averages a high of 83.9°F and January a low of 15.2°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 16 days a year reach 90°F, 125 nights fall to freezing and 41.1 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more freezing nights than in 82% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 11 min on the longest day to 9 h 10 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, Park Forest, IL (temperature) and Palos Park 1.3 SW, IL (precipitation, 7 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.1°F | 15.2°F | 2.3 in |
| Feb | 35.2°F | 18.4°F | 2.2 in |
| Mar | 46.4°F | 28.1°F | 2.6 in |
| Apr | 59.3°F | 38.3°F | 4.1 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 49.3°F | 4.6 in |
| Jun | 80.2°F | 58.9°F | 4.4 in |
| Jul | 83.9°F | 63.8°F | 4.5 in |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.4 in |
| Sep | 75.8°F | 54.6°F | 3.4 in |
| Oct | 63.1°F | 42.4°F | 3.6 in |
| Nov | 48.2°F | 31.4°F | 2.8 in |
| Dec | 36.3°F | 21.5°F | 2.2 in |
Cold winters
With 125 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 Tinley Park
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 Tinley Park
- Orland Park 4 mi
- Oak Lawn 11 mi
- Hammond 16 mi
- Bolingbrook 18 mi
- Joliet 18 mi
- Berwyn 19 mi
More about shutters in Tinley Park
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Tinley Park’s own figures.
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