Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Lakeville
Homes in Lakeville
Lakeville is a city of houses: of its 26,315 homes, 72% are detached, 16% are townhouses and other attached houses and 9% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Lakeville is new: 48% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 15% before 1980. The median home dates from 1999. Owners live in 88% of homes.
Of the 19 Minnesota cities we have census figures for, Lakeville has some of the newest homes. In nearby Apple Valley, 6 miles away, 30% of homes were built before 1980, so Lakeville's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Lakeville's homes are newer than those in 89% 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.
Shallow openings
48% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Rounded drywall corners
85% 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 88% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 72% 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.
A whole house in Lakeville
The most common home in Lakeville has four or more bedrooms: 53% of homes. Large houses are common too: 53% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 7.6 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% of the median home value here, $452,500 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 98% 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 windowsPricing a whole house at once
53% 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.
Young children at home
7.7% of people in Lakeville are under five, more than in 96% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
Working from home
23% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 84% 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.
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.
Lakeville weather and your shutters
At Farmington 3 NW, MN (4 mi away), July averages a high of 82°F and January a low of 7.8°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 7 days a year reach 90°F, 150 nights fall to freezing and 32.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in February.
That's more freezing nights than in 94% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 34 min on the longest day to 8 h 48 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 69° above the horizon in June and 22° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Farmington 3 NW, MN (temperature) and Farmington 3 NW, MN (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.9°F | 7.8°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 28.1°F | 11.8°F | 0.8 in |
| Mar | 41.1°F | 24°F | 1.7 in |
| Apr | 56.2°F | 36.3°F | 2.7 in |
| May | 68.6°F | 48.2°F | 3.9 in |
| Jun | 78.1°F | 58.5°F | 4.9 in |
| Jul | 82°F | 62.6°F | 4.2 in |
| Aug | 79°F | 60.1°F | 4.4 in |
| Sep | 72°F | 52.3°F | 3.2 in |
| Oct | 57.9°F | 39.4°F | 2.8 in |
| Nov | 41.6°F | 26.5°F | 1.6 in |
| Dec | 27.7°F | 14.4°F | 1 in |
Cold winters
With 150 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 Lakeville
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 Lakeville
- Apple Valley 6 mi
- Burnsville 6 mi
- Eagan 11 mi
- Bloomington 11 mi
- Eden Prairie 16 mi
- Edina 16 mi
More about shutters in Lakeville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Lakeville’s own figures.
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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.