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Homes in Bloomington
Apartments outnumber houses in Bloomington: 54% of its 38,407 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 36% and townhouses and other attached houses 7%.
The 1980s and 1990s built 32% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 44% are older than that and 25% newer. The median home dates from 1985. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 35%.
Of the 21 Indiana cities we have census figures for, Bloomington has the highest share of apartments. In Columbus, 32 miles away, 27% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Bloomington's homes are newer than those in 58% 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
54% 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.
Renting?
65% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
A whole house in Bloomington
The most common home in Bloomington has two bedrooms: 30% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 28%. The median home has 4.4 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 0.5% of the median home value here, $321,400 (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 windowsWorking from home
18% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 68% 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.
Bloomington weather and your shutters
At Bloomington Indiana Univ, IN (1 mi away), July averages a high of 85.1°F and January a low of 20.6°F. Average highs reach 85°F in July and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
About 21 days a year reach 90°F, 108 nights fall to freezing and 49.5 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more freezing nights than in 70% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 55 min on the longest day to 9 h 25 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 74° above the horizon in June and 27° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Bloomington Indiana Univ, IN (temperature) and Bloomington Indiana Univ, IN (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 20.6°F | 3.8 in |
| Feb | 41.8°F | 23.3°F | 3 in |
| Mar | 52.4°F | 31.7°F | 3.7 in |
| Apr | 64.4°F | 42.3°F | 5.2 in |
| May | 73.8°F | 52.7°F | 5.4 in |
| Jun | 81.9°F | 61.7°F | 5.4 in |
| Jul | 85.1°F | 64.9°F | 4.6 in |
| Aug | 84.5°F | 63.5°F | 3.4 in |
| Sep | 78.5°F | 55.8°F | 3.8 in |
| Oct | 66.3°F | 44.4°F | 3.8 in |
| Nov | 52.7°F | 34.1°F | 3.9 in |
| Dec | 41.2°F | 25.8°F | 3.5 in |
Cold winters
With 108 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.
Wet months
49.5 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 Bloomington
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 Bloomington
- Columbus 32 mi
- Greenwood 38 mi
- Indianapolis 47 mi
- Terre Haute 50 mi
- Carmel 59 mi
- Fishers 63 mi
More about shutters in Bloomington
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Bloomington’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Bloomington
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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.