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Homes in Evansville
Evansville is a city of houses: of its 59,180 homes, 64% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 32% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 40% of homes standing today; 10% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1961. 55% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Owensboro, 28 miles away, 65% of homes were built before 1980, so Evansville's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Evansville's homes are older than those in 81% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
33% of homes date from before 1950, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Out-of-square openings
With 73% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Replacement windows
40% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 64% 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.
Evansville weather and your shutters
At Evansville Museum, IN (2 mi away), July averages a high of 89°F and January a low of 27.4°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from January to February.
About 57 days a year reach 90°F, 69 nights fall to freezing and 47.9 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Indiana cities we have climate normals for, Evansville has the most hot days.
That's more 90°F days than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 48 min on the longest day to 9 h 31 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 75° above the horizon in June and 29° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Evansville Museum, IN (temperature) and Evansville Museum, IN (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42.3°F | 27.4°F | 3.5 in |
| Feb | 48°F | 30.8°F | 3.4 in |
| Mar | 58°F | 38.8°F | 4.7 in |
| Apr | 69.9°F | 49.1°F | 5.2 in |
| May | 78°F | 58.1°F | 4.8 in |
| Jun | 86.5°F | 67°F | 4.4 in |
| Jul | 89°F | 71°F | 4.5 in |
| Aug | 88.8°F | 69.8°F | 3.1 in |
| Sep | 83.5°F | 62°F | 3.4 in |
| Oct | 72.3°F | 50.9°F | 3.3 in |
| Nov | 57.6°F | 40.4°F | 4 in |
| Dec | 46.8°F | 32.7°F | 3.6 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 47.9 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Evansville
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 Evansville
- Owensboro 28 mi
- Bowling Green 93 mi
More about shutters in Evansville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Evansville’s own figures.
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