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Homes in Minnetonka
Minnetonka's 24,760 homes are a mix: 54% detached houses, 36% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 10% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 43% of homes standing today; 16% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1981. Owners live in 72% of homes.
In nearby Edina, 6 miles away, 68% of homes were built before 1980, so Minnetonka's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Minnetonka's homes are older than those in 50% 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
43% 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 48% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 72% 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.
Apartments and condos
36% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
A whole house in Minnetonka
The most common home in Minnetonka has four or more bedrooms: 33% of homes. Large houses are common too: 33% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.5 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, $475,800 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 80% 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
27% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 91% 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
33% 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
6.1% of people in Minnetonka are under five, more than in 61% 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.
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.
Minnetonka weather and your shutters
At New Hope, MN (7 mi away), July averages a high of 82.3°F and January a low of 7°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 9 days a year reach 90°F, 156 nights fall to freezing and 32.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in January.
That's more freezing nights than in 96% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 36 min on the longest day to 8 h 46 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, New Hope, MN (temperature) and Golden Valley 0.8 Wsw, MN (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.6°F | 7°F | 0.8 in |
| Feb | 28.8°F | 10.8°F | 0.9 in |
| Mar | 41.9°F | 22.8°F | 1.7 in |
| Apr | 56.7°F | 35.2°F | 3 in |
| May | 69°F | 47.7°F | 4.3 in |
| Jun | 78.2°F | 58.1°F | 4.6 in |
| Jul | 82.3°F | 63.1°F | 4.2 in |
| Aug | 79.7°F | 60.8°F | 4.4 in |
| Sep | 71.8°F | 52.4°F | 3 in |
| Oct | 57.4°F | 39°F | 2.9 in |
| Nov | 41.4°F | 25.8°F | 1.7 in |
| Dec | 28.5°F | 13.6°F | 1.2 in |
Cold winters
With 156 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 Minnetonka
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 Minnetonka
- Edina 6 mi
- Eden Prairie 6 mi
- Plymouth 6 mi
- Minneapolis 9 mi
- Bloomington 10 mi
- Maple Grove 13 mi
More about shutters in Minnetonka
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Minnetonka’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.