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Homes in Louisville
Louisville is a city of houses: of its 289,095 homes, 63% are detached, 4% are townhouses and other attached houses and 31% 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; 21% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1971. 61% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 4 Kentucky cities we have census figures for, Louisville has the second-highest share of older homes and the third-highest share of apartments. In nearby Jeffersonville, 12 miles away, 48% of homes were built before 1980, so Louisville's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Louisville's homes are older 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 61% 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
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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
22% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 63% 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.
Louisville weather and your shutters
At Louisville Wfo, KY (4 mi away), July averages a high of 87.3°F and January a low of 26°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 30 days a year reach 90°F, 85 nights fall to freezing and 53.1 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Kentucky cities we have climate normals for, Louisville has the second-most freezing days and the most precipitation.
That's more freezing nights than in 62% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 49 min on the longest day to 9 h 30 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 75° above the horizon in June and 28° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Louisville Wfo, KY (temperature) and Louisville Wfo, KY (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42.4°F | 26°F | 3.8 in |
| Feb | 47.2°F | 28.9°F | 3.7 in |
| Mar | 56.6°F | 36.7°F | 5.1 in |
| Apr | 68°F | 46.2°F | 5.3 in |
| May | 76.7°F | 56.2°F | 5.8 in |
| Jun | 84.3°F | 64.3°F | 4.9 in |
| Jul | 87.3°F | 67.8°F | 4.7 in |
| Aug | 86.9°F | 66.7°F | 3.3 in |
| Sep | 80.7°F | 59.3°F | 3.8 in |
| Oct | 69.5°F | 48°F | 4.2 in |
| Nov | 56.5°F | 37.5°F | 3.9 in |
| Dec | 46°F | 30.3°F | 4.6 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 53.1 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.
Cold winters
With 85 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 Louisville
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 Louisville
- Jeffersonville 12 mi
- Lexington 65 mi
- Columbus 73 mi
- Bloomington 84 mi
- Owensboro 85 mi
- Cincinnati 91 mi
More about shutters in Louisville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Louisville’s own figures.
Price your windows
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