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Homes in Royal Oak
Royal Oak is a city of houses: of its 31,130 homes, 65% are detached, 5% are townhouses and other attached houses and 30% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 50% of homes standing today; 10% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1956. 68% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Troy, 5 miles away, 58% of homes were built before 1980, so Royal Oak's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Royal Oak's homes are older than those in 92% 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 82% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
32% 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.
Replacement windows
50% 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 65% 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.
Royal Oak weather and your shutters
At Detroit City AP, MI (10 mi away), July averages a high of 83.5°F and January a low of 19.8°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
About 13 days a year reach 90°F, 112 nights fall to freezing and 29.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around May and least in February.
That's more freezing nights than in 72% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 18 min on the longest day to 9 h 3 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, Detroit City AP, MI (temperature) and Detroit City AP, MI (precipitation, 10 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.4°F | 19.8°F | 1.5 in |
| Feb | 35°F | 21°F | 1.4 in |
| Mar | 44.9°F | 28.4°F | 2 in |
| Apr | 57.6°F | 38.6°F | 2.8 in |
| May | 69.5°F | 49.8°F | 3.5 in |
| Jun | 79.2°F | 60.2°F | 3.1 in |
| Jul | 83.5°F | 64.9°F | 3.2 in |
| Aug | 81.4°F | 63.7°F | 3.1 in |
| Sep | 74.3°F | 55.8°F | 3.1 in |
| Oct | 61.4°F | 44.7°F | 2.3 in |
| Nov | 48.2°F | 34.4°F | 2.2 in |
| Dec | 37.2°F | 25.8°F | 1.7 in |
Cold winters
With 112 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 Royal Oak
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 Royal Oak
- Troy 5 mi
- Southfield 6 mi
- Warren 7 mi
- Sterling Heights 8 mi
- Detroit 9 mi
- Rochester Hills 11 mi
More about shutters in Royal Oak
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Royal Oak’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.