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Homes in Bel Air South
Bel Air South has an unusually large share of townhouses and other attached houses: 31% of its 22,921 homes, beside 50% detached houses and 20% apartments.
The 1980s and 1990s built 50% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 22% are older than that and 28% newer. The median home dates from 1991. Owners live in 82% of homes.
Of the 18 Maryland cities we have census figures for, Bel Air South has some of the newest homes. In nearby Towson, 18 miles away, 69% of homes were built before 1980, so Bel Air South's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Bel Air South's homes are newer than those in 83% 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
31% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
78% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 82% 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.
A whole house in Bel Air South
The most common home in Bel Air South has three bedrooms: 40% of homes. Large houses are common too: 37% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 7.2 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 1.1% of the median home value here, $405,900 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 86% 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 windowsWorking from home
19% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 71% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
37% 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.
Bel Air South weather and your shutters
At Aberdeen Phillips Fld, MD (8 mi away), July averages a high of 86.4°F and January a low of 25.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F in July and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 26 days a year reach 90°F, 83 nights fall to freezing and 50.5 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Maryland cities we have climate normals for, Bel Air South has the most precipitation.
That's more freezing nights than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 58 min on the longest day to 9 h 22 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, Aberdeen Phillips Fld, MD (temperature) and Kingsville 2.5 Nne, MD (precipitation, 5 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41.5°F | 25.3°F | 3.5 in |
| Feb | 44.1°F | 27.1°F | 2.8 in |
| Mar | 52.5°F | 33.1°F | 4.3 in |
| Apr | 64.8°F | 43.2°F | 3.6 in |
| May | 73.2°F | 52.7°F | 4.4 in |
| Jun | 82.1°F | 62.4°F | 4.6 in |
| Jul | 86.4°F | 67.7°F | 5.6 in |
| Aug | 84.4°F | 65.8°F | 4.5 in |
| Sep | 78.2°F | 58.8°F | 5.3 in |
| Oct | 66.9°F | 46.5°F | 4.5 in |
| Nov | 55.5°F | 36.8°F | 3.5 in |
| Dec | 45.8°F | 30.2°F | 3.9 in |
Wet months
50.5 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.
Cold winters
With 83 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 Bel Air South
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 Bel Air South
- Towson 18 mi
- Dundalk 19 mi
- Baltimore 22 mi
- Glen Burnie 29 mi
- Ellicott City 32 mi
- Severn 33 mi
More about shutters in Bel Air South
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Bel Air South’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Bel Air South
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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.