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Homes in Rochester Hills
Rochester Hills is a city of houses: of its 30,921 homes, 66% are detached, 10% are townhouses and other attached houses and 20% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 44% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 40% are older than that and 17% newer. The median home dates from 1984. Owners live in 77% of homes.
Of the 24 Michigan cities we have census figures for, Rochester Hills has some of the newest homes. In nearby Troy, 6 miles away, 58% of homes were built before 1980, so Rochester Hills's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Rochester Hills's homes are newer than those in 64% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 66% 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 77% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
60% 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.
Rochester Hills weather and your shutters
At Pontiac Wwtp, MI (5 mi away), July averages a high of 82.3°F and January a low of 17.1°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
About 10 days a year reach 90°F, 135 nights fall to freezing and 33.9 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more freezing nights than in 87% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 19 min on the longest day to 9 h 2 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, Pontiac Wwtp, MI (temperature) and Pontiac Wwtp, MI (precipitation, 5 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.3°F | 17.1°F | 2.2 in |
| Feb | 34°F | 18.2°F | 1.9 in |
| Mar | 44.3°F | 26.2°F | 2.2 in |
| Apr | 57.6°F | 36.4°F | 2.9 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 49°F | 3.8 in |
| Jun | 78.2°F | 58.6°F | 3.3 in |
| Jul | 82.3°F | 62.9°F | 3.1 in |
| Aug | 80.8°F | 61.7°F | 3.2 in |
| Sep | 73.9°F | 53.7°F | 2.9 in |
| Oct | 60.5°F | 42.3°F | 2.9 in |
| Nov | 47.4°F | 32.1°F | 3.2 in |
| Dec | 36.4°F | 24.3°F | 2.3 in |
Cold winters
With 135 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 Rochester Hills
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 Rochester Hills
- Troy 6 mi
- Pontiac 7 mi
- Sterling Heights 9 mi
- Royal Oak 11 mi
- Warren 14 mi
- Southfield 14 mi
More about shutters in Rochester Hills
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Rochester Hills’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.