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Homes in Dearborn Heights
Dearborn Heights is a city of houses: of its 23,808 homes, 87% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 10% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 75% of homes standing today; 4% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1958. Owners live in 70% of homes.
In Dearborn, 4 miles away, 20% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Dearborn Heights's homes are older than those in 99% 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.
Replacement windows
75% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 90% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 87% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 70% 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.
Dearborn Heights weather and your shutters
At Dearborn, MI (3 mi away), July averages a high of 83.6°F and January a low of 17.7°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
About 16 days a year reach 90°F, 136 nights fall to freezing and 35.3 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Michigan cities we have climate normals for, Dearborn Heights has the second-most hot days.
That's more freezing nights than in 88% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 17 min on the longest day to 9 h 5 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 71° above the horizon in June and 24° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Dearborn, MI (temperature) and Dearborn Heights 1.8 NW, MI (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 17.7°F | 2.3 in |
| Feb | 34.9°F | 19.1°F | 1.9 in |
| Mar | 45.2°F | 26.4°F | 2.3 in |
| Apr | 58.3°F | 36.9°F | 3.2 in |
| May | 70°F | 47.5°F | 3.8 in |
| Jun | 79.2°F | 57.8°F | 3.6 in |
| Jul | 83.6°F | 62°F | 3.5 in |
| Aug | 81.8°F | 60.8°F | 3.3 in |
| Sep | 75.1°F | 53.4°F | 3.5 in |
| Oct | 62.1°F | 41.6°F | 2.8 in |
| Nov | 48.3°F | 32.3°F | 2.8 in |
| Dec | 36.9°F | 24°F | 2.3 in |
Cold winters
With 136 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 Dearborn Heights
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.
More about shutters in Dearborn Heights
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Dearborn Heights’s own figures.
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.